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How easy access to guns at home contributes to America's youth suicide problem

School shootings in the U.S. are national tragedies, and the toll they take in lives cut short and traumatized distinguishes the U.S. from other high-income countries. But there is another way that guns are killing American children, and in far greater numbers: suicide.

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‘No hope’: Suicides on the rise in northwestern Syria

Continuing war and lack of opportunities and hope drive some in opposition-held areas of Syria to take their own lives.

Al Jazeera

Scottish mums who both lost their young sons skydive together in their memory

The two mums lost their sons just over two years apart but have come together in the hope of raising money for charity. They dived through the skies from 20,000ft.

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‘Still a lot of pain’: Four years after mass shooting, Texas community grapples with fallout

If you or someone you know is in crisis, dial “988” for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline or text HOME to the Crisis Text Line at 741741. (The previous phone number, 800-273-8255, will continue to function indefinitely.)

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Mums of tragic Scots teens clutch pictures of boys during brave skydive in their memory

Carmen Duff and Kerry Clunie bravely leaped 20,000ft collectively for a mental health cause in memory of their two boys, Robbie and Rogan, who were both 18 when they tragically died.

Daily Record

1 in 4 Australians is lonely. Quality green spaces in our cities offer a solution

One in four Australian adults feel lonely, and the impacts can be dire. Loneliness increases our risks of depression, diabetes, dementia, self-harm and suicide. But likening it to a disease and proposals to treat it with a pill miss the point: we’ve been building for loneliness over many decades and…

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Kirk Norcross vows to return to TOWIE and 'make dad proud' in career U-turn

Kirk Norcross became an ambassador for suicide charity Papyrus after his beloved dad Mick tragically took his own life last year

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Hundreds of boxes filled with mental health support, resources assembled for CPS students

Find Your Anchor partnered with CPS, Children First Fund and Born This Way Foundation — founded by singer Lady Gaga, who performs tonight at Wrigley Field — to give city teens care packages containing mental health resources.

Chicago Sun-Times

Corrie fans call for major change to soap as Audrey makes devastating suicide confession

Coronation Street fans were left emotional as the ITV soap aired scenes in which a number of Weatherfield legends gathered

Daily Mirror

Grieving mother's mission to help others after losing 'kind and caring' son to suicide

Nicola Robertson has shared her grief after her son Tyler took his own life aged just 22

Wales Online

Jobseeker’s experience with job agencies left his mental health so poor he could not work

Nathan, now on disability support, says job providers did little to help his search while they claimed thousands of dollars each time he found work on his own

The Guardian - AU

Mother's heartache after losing son to suicide days before his 19th birthday after 'crying out for help'

Nichola O'Connor's son Eamon died in June 2018, just one week before he would have turned 19

Irish Mirror

Youth suicide report urges reform to emergency department care for young people in distress

Australia’s national peak body for suicide prevention is calling for alternatives to emergency department care for young people in mental distress.

ABC News

Top Taliban cleric killed in suicide bombing by man with explosives hidden in fake leg

A Taliban official was killed by explosives hidden in an artificial leg. Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani was a supporter of female education and was likely targeted by an Islamic State suicide bomber

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Mum's chilling last Google search before she leapt off balcony holding her son

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: A mum who plunged to her death searched for the means of taking her own life the day before she did. Raquel Wilkins' death was ruled a murder-suicide

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Royal commission takes aim at Morrison government over ‘dereliction of duty’

An interim report from a Royal Commission into veterans suicide says the previous government failed its duty to servicemen and women.

WEKU

Social media posts warn people not to call 988. Here's what you need to know

Mental health advocates celebrated the launch of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, but some people voiced concerns that using the service could lead to police involvement or forced hospitalization.

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Tradies undertake suicide prevention training to look after mates through regional SA program

There is mounting pressure on the construction industry to keep up with demand but behind the scaffolding, tradies are battling concerning suicide rates.

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Dad-of-two's tragic final words to his family before he's found dead after buying 'suicide kit' online

“He will be sadly missed by all his friends and family," an inquest heard.

The Independent UK

Experts see Canada’s euthanasia laws as threat to disabled

Canada arguably has the world’s most permissive euthanasia rules, but human rights advocates say those regulations devalue the lives of disabled people

The Guardian - AU

Australian veteran compensation scheme contributes to suicide rate, inquiry finds

Royal commission report says system is ‘so complicated that it adversely affects the mental health of some veterans’

ABC News

Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide calls for end to claims backlog, shares 'dismay' at 'limited' government action

Urgent action needs to be taken to eliminate a backlog of compensation claims and make processes easier for veterans, the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide says in its interim report.

ABC News

Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide delivers interim report — as it happened

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has identified over 50 previous reports into the problem and more than 750 recommendations, finding the prevalence of suicide among serving and ex-serving ADF members is "something that should concern us all". Look back on today's events.

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Lifeline fundraiser brings relief to Bendigo mum who lost two children to suicide

Siblings Angela and Stuart McGregor took their own lives a month apart. Their mum explains how a fundraiser is bringing her relief two decades after their tragic deaths.

AAP

Government given defence support deadline

A 300-page report from a royal commission into defence suicide demands urgent government action to boost support for past and present personnel.

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