Police officer found hanging In a suspected suicide bid, a police officer was found hanging in the police quarters in Palayam on The Hindu · May 19, 2022
Northern Territory veterans feel 'forgotten' and 'left out' in 2022 federal election campaign One day out from the federal election, Northern Territory veterans are calling for political hopefuls to commit "in principle" to adopting all future recommendations from the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. ABC News · May 19, 2022
'I've lost too many friends to suicide' In Shepparton, a regional centre just two hours from Melbourne, a youth mental crisis has been brewing for years. As political leaders spruik their plans to combat the issue ahead of the election, teens in the town have their own ideas about what needs to change. ABC News · May 19, 2022
‘Men’ review: Jessie Buckley ventures into a sinister Garden of Eden in a highly unusual psychological thriller The last time a major filmmaker ventured into a nightmarish Garden of Eden amid a swirl of Christian and pagan warnings of the evil that men do, the filmmaker was Darren Aronofsky, the film was “Mother!” and the CinemaScore exit polls of moviegoers out for a good time awarded it… Chicago Tribune · May 19, 2022
New French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, daughter of a stateless Auschwitz survivor French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne's childhood was marked by the suicide of her father in 1972, when she was just 11 years old. Joseph Borne, whose original name was Bornstein, was a Jewish resistance fighter of Polish origin who survived the hell of Auschwitz but never quite recovered from the… France 24 · May 19, 2022
Court Rejects Lawsuit Against Teacher's Aide Who Criticized Student Who Had Committed Suicide The student's mother alleged that he had been bullied and the school district had done nothing to protect him; the teacher's aide responded in an online public discussion, saying (among other things) that the student had been doing the bullying; the parents sued. Reason · May 19, 2022
Baloch women fear crackdown after Karachi suicide attack Pakistan’s first female suicide bombing marks shift in nature of Baloch militancy The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2022
Suicides indicate wave of ‘doomerism’ over escalating climate crisis While alarm over wildfires, droughts, flooding and societal unrest is on the rise, not many of us talk about climate angst The Guardian - US · May 19, 2022
Santina Cawley's killer on suicide watch while jail bosses fear inmates will attack her The 38-year-old was brought to Limerick Women’s Prison on Monday after being found guilty of the brutal murder of the tot in July 2019 Irish Mirror · May 19, 2022
Pushing on when life's not all roses Topics: Push-ups for mental health, Newcastle's newest beach and having a 'SCAN'. Newcastle Herald · May 18, 2022
Family could find themselves on the streets after fleeing home on day of eviction The mum of four said she would rather lose her home than her husband Bristol Post · May 18, 2022
Pupils to complete mental health ‘check-ins’ The programme hopes to reduce teenage suicide risk through an early warning system for high-risk pupils. The Independent UK · May 18, 2022
Law and public opinion: On Perarivalan release The release of Perarivalan is no endorsement of any claim of his innocence The Hindu · May 18, 2022
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle breaks down in tears while speaking about daughter's suicide The Commons speaker spoke movingly about his experience of suicide while introducing members of the band New Order at an event in Parliament about suicide and depression Daily Mirror · May 18, 2022
The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2022 New Order singer criticises ‘ludicrous’ NHS mental health waiting lists People in crisis can’t wait 18 months, says Bernard Sumner at suicide prevention event in parliament
Daily Mirror · May 18, 2022 Joy Division call for better mental health services 40 years on from Ian Curtis' death Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer reflected on Ian Curtis' death on Wednesday, as the late star's former Joy Division bandmates lobbied MPs at the Houses of Parliament during Mental Health Week - calling for better mental health services
The Independent UK · May 18, 2022 Joy Division joins call for suicide to become public health emergency, 42 years after Ian Curtis death ‘Mental health needs to be treated on a par with physical health,’ say band members Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris
Chronicle Live · May 18, 2022 North East charity boss to run to Downing Street to tell Boris Johnson Levelling Up must tackle suicide Matthew Smith is to run almost 300 miles to hand-deliver a letter to Boris Johnson this summer. He says it's vital that Levelling Up includes work to improve suicide prevention
The Times of India · May 18, 2022 IT professional found dead in Noida flat NOIDA: In a suspected case of suicide, a 32-year-old IT professional was found dead inside his rented apartment in a group housing society here, police said on Wednesday. The body was found hanging from a rope inside the fourth-floor apartment of the society in Sector 74, under Sector 113 police…
The Guardian - US · May 18, 2022 The death of a US marine veteran After a tour on the ‘mortuary affairs’ squad gathering human remains in Iraq, marine Christian Slater slowly unraveled
The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2022 It’s only a matter of time before there is an out gay Premier League player I promised my uncle, Justin Fashanu, that I would support gay players until there was representation in football’s top tier, says journalist Amal Fashanu
The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2022 Floodlights review – this harrowing drama about sexual abuse in football is so, so valuable The story of Andy Woodward – whose Guardian interview led to the jailing of youth coach Barry Bennell – is terrifically acted, full of dark resonance and breaks the silence and shame around male rape
Chicago Sun-Times · May 17, 2022 More federal funding for law enforcement officers’ mental health is a must According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, a majority of police officers face a risk of alcohol abuse, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder, and one in four have considered suicide.
Daily Mirror · May 17, 2022 Tories vote down gas giants windfall tax that could hand your family £600 Chancellor Rishi Sunak hinted the government could perform a U-turn in future, however, as he said “no option is off the table”
Bangkok Post · May 17, 2022 Teen suicide prompts school probe Education Minister Trinuch Thienthong has ordered that officials expedite an investigation into the death of a 14-year-old girl who hung herself after a student counsellor advised her to change schools, as her mother wanted.