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Defence personnel and veterans rush to beat Royal Commission deadline

A deadline for private submissions to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has prompted a rush of harrowing accounts.

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Awash in federal money, state lawmakers tackle worsening youth mental health

The pandemic accelerated a yearslong decline in the mental health of the nation’s children and teens. The number of young people experiencing sadness, hopelessness and thoughts of suicide has increased dramatically, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Priory didn’t tell suicide victim’s family that she had left hospital

A Chelsea businesswoman with a history of depression took her own life after she was discharged from the exclusive Priory clinic without her family and friends being informed, a coroner has found.

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Veterans unite to call for federal government to improve access to mental health support

In an unprecedented push, three regional Victorian veterans organisations are calling for improved access to mental health support for former military personnel.

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Inside abandoned house soon to be demolished over ghostly suicide haunting fears

A roadhouse is a small service station in the US and Canada built to host travellers by providing food, drinks, fuel and accommodation. They were also known in the 1900s as stagecoach houses and were a place to rest and feed the horses for the night on long journeys

Daily Mirror

Army veteran's wife tells Q+A her husband tried to take his life more than 30 times, as she calls for more funding from government

Australian Army veteran Dave has tried to end his life more than 30 times since returning from Timor-Leste. He and his wife have used a Q+A appearance to implore the government to better support defence personnel.

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Community bands together to prevent suicide, honour loved ones and offer support amid cost-of-living distress

As concern about suicide rises nationally, almost 200 people in central Victoria have stepped up to remember loved ones lost and champion prevention.

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‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ Stumbles with $30.5 Million Debut

“Shazam! Fury of the Gods” felt the fury of the marketplace in its theatrical debut this weekend. The New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. superhero movie opened to a disappointing $30.5 million from over 4,071 theaters. The “Shazam!” sequel fell short of its modest expectations ($35 million) as well as…

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'It crushed me' Woman whose ex-boyfriend committed suicide launches men's mental health app

"Days before he'd asked if I wanted to get back together, and I never got to tell him 'yes'"

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To prevent gun suicide, states consider allowing people to deny themselves a gun

As lawmakers and mental health advocates wrestle with how to stop the avalanche of suicides by firearm in this country, some are looking to a novel idea at work in a handful of states: Register yourself as a suicide risk so you can’t buy a gun on a whim.

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Black Dog Ride's iconic motorcycle event sparks conversations about depression, mental health

After coming through a "bit of a dark spot" five years ago, Josh Salter now leads an iconic motorcycle ride to help others going through a tough time.

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New Compass host Indira Naidoo on spirituality and the healing power of nature after sister's suicide

Journalist Indira Naidoo shares her experience of finding meaning and how spirituality can help us navigate the darkest moments of our lives.

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Overworked NHS staff being driven to suicide with one life lost every three days

The figures, published by the Office for National Statistics, come as ministers are urged to rethink a move to scrap mental health support funding for NHS workers

Daily Mirror

Trans kids in Georgia say they have target on their back with GOP initiative

ATLANTA — Michael’s mother walked past the bathroom in their Duluth, Georgia, home where she had seen her son crying months earlier. The teen was now looking in the same mirror, but this time he was grinning.

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Primary school headteacher took own life after 'Inadequate' Ofsted inspection report

Ruth Perry died by suicide in January after Caversham Primary School's leadership and management was graded Inadequate.

The Independent UK

US officials investigating alleged suicide of Saudi Arabian trans woman ‘forced to detransition by family’

Eden Knight, 23, claimed in her final message that her parents had coerced her into leaving the US

Newcastle Herald

'She was with me the whole time': suicide film brings hope

The spirit of Mary was a strong presence in the making of the film.

The Independent UK

Mother of rape lies fantasist ‘expected longer sentence’ for jailed daughter

Eleanor Williams ‘was just trying to get people to listen to her,’ says mother after three men were nearly driven to suicide

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The Independent UK

Military moves to cut suicides, but defers action on guns

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a number of improvements in mental health care to try to reduce suicides in the military

Belfast Live

Co Tyrone mum opens up on grief on first anniversary of son’s suicide

Dungannon man Conor McHugh died last March aged 31

The Guardian - UK

Contort yourself! The mutant disco mayhem of New York’s Ze Records

Disgusted with Britain’s ‘cruel’ aristocracy, Michael Zilkha left to champion a generation of party-starting punk-funk bands. As he returns as a book publisher, he remembers that wild scene

The Conversation

54% of firearm deaths in the US are from suicide – and easy access to a gun is a key risk factor

More than half – 54% – of all firearm deaths in the United States in 2021 were attributable to suicide, according to February 2023 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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UP: 18-year-old dies by suicide, family alleges harassment at school

An eighteen-year-old girl died by hanging herself in Wireless Colony of Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow on March 14 allegedly due to harassment in school, police said here on Thursday. Read further om Dynamite News:

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Israel says suspect killed wearing a suicide vest following roadside bomb

Israeli security forces killed a man suspected of planting a roadside bomb that injured a man near the occupied West Bank this week, the military said on Wednesday, adding that the suspect appeared to have been planning other attacks.

The Guardian - UK

It’s a good time to think again about Paula Yates. She was the other Diana: hounded by the press for being herself

A new documentary reveals how the tabloids turned on their one-time darling – for daring to be a woman who didn’t shun the spotlight, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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