The Latest Breaking News from Suicide

Suzanne Alderson has told how her daughter Issy revealed that she was planning to take her own life at the age of 14 following sustained bullying at school

Suicide rarely happens in the absence of severe mental health problems. Research indicates that psychiatric disorders are prevalent in up to 90% of adolescents who die from suicide. In particular, what are known as affective disorders, such as major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder, are present in 44%-76% of cases.

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has been told it takes more than 600 days on average to complete an independent report into a death.

The drivers of the youth mental health crisis for Black children begin early and persist through a lifetime

Death of headteacher Ruth Perry prompts calls for employers to have to report when workers take own lives

Keir Starmer said he would change advertising rules if his party gets into power with recent figures showing as many as 9% of 11 to 15 year olds have used e-cigarettes

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on May 22 issued notices to the Chief Secretary and the Director-General of Police, Uttar Pradesh, on suicide by a 45-year-old farmer whose daughter was raped

Open letter says Ruth Perry’s family believes stress associated with Ofsted inspection led to her suicide

The Canadian author tells Helen Brown about how two devastating family suicides informed her latest novel, ‘Fight Night’, and what the Mennonite community made of the Oscar-winning film adaptation of ‘Women Talking’