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Commentary: Anthony Bourdain’s death has us asking the wrong questions about suicide

A new unauthorized biography has many people talking again about the suicide of Anthony Bourdain in June 2018. As is often the case with people who die by suicide, much of the chatter includes questions such as: How did they do it? Who was the last person they talked to?…

Los Angeles Times

No cause of death yet in Buri Ram burning body case

BURI RAM: Police investigators are still unsure whether a man whose body was found burning behind a school near his home in Prakhon Chai district a day after he returned from Germany was murdered or committed suicide.

Bangkok Post

Starbucks barista claims he was fired for wearing suicide awareness pin in honour of former co-worker

Starbucks spokesperson said barista was fired for ‘refusal to abide by dress-code policy’

The Independent UK

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Catholic priest says Bishop of Bunbury failed to effectively support him after suicide attempt

A Catholic priest says a lack of effective support from Bishop of Bunbury Gerard Holohan after he tried to take his own life goes to the heart of problems within his diocese.

ABC News

Panel recommends adolescent screening for anxiety, depression

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force on Tuesday recommended that children and teens be screened for anxiety and depression — the first time the advisory panel has issued such a recommendation.

Tribune News Service

Blaming technology for deaths by suicide is misguided

It takes the focus away from a comprehensive understanding of the issue

The Hindu

Mother ‘commits suicide’ with two sons in Chittoor

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Telangana in fourth place in farmers’ suicides: Laxman

There is a liquor shop in every lane and bylane in Telangana, says BJP OBC Morcha president

The Hindu

Clarke Carlisle ‘proof positive’ that people can overcome adverse mental health

The former Premier League defender was at the ‘edge of death’ during a series of suicide attempts

The Independent UK

Panel recommends adolescent screening for anxiety, depression - Roll Call

Recommendations come as lawmakers and the Biden administration renew the focus on the spike in mental health challenges for young people.

Roll Call

Starbucks barista claims he was fired for wearing suicide awareness pin in honour of former co-worker

Starbucks spokesperson said barista was fired for ‘refusal to abide by dress-code policy’

The Independent UK

Amazon facing lawsuit for allegedly selling ‘suicide bundles’ to teenagers

‘This is different from them selling rope, knives, or other implements that can be used for death because there is no household use for [the chemical],’ lawyers argue

The Independent UK

Nearly 6 in 10 LGBTQ youth who came out before age 13 ‘seriously considered suicide’ in past year, researchers say

More than half of LGBTQ youth who came out before they were teenagers “seriously considered suicide” in the past year, new data released Monday shows.

Tribune News Service

World Mental Health Day observed

Sanjeevani, a voluntary organisation for suicide prevention, organised various programmes

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Evening Standard

World Mental Health Day: One in four employees experience suicidal thoughts at work

Businesses have been urged to ramp up mental health provisions for staff as new figures revealed that one in four employees experience suicidal thoughts at work.

The Independent UK

Dutch activists sue government over assisted suicide

Campaigners calling for the decriminalization of assisted suicide in the Netherlands have taken the Dutch government to court arguing that its ban on helping a person end their life breaches human rights norms

The Independent UK

‘It is too late to help my own brother’: Sajid Javid calls for improved suicide prevention

Former health secretary opened up about his brother’s suicide and called on government to introduce new 10-year suicide prevention strategy

Reuters

Dutch right-to-die group fights to widen legal euthanasia boundaries

A right-to-die group told judges on Monday that a Dutch law which allows physician-assisted suicide in the Netherlands but criminalises others who help people end their own lives violates European human rights law and must be declared unlawful.

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Evening Standard

More needs to be done to prevent suicide, says Sajid Javid, as he talks about brother’s death

The Government must do more to help prevent suicide, the former Health Secretary said on Monday, as he spoke about his brother’s death.

Daily Mirror

Mum and seven-month-old baby found dead with tragic note in suspected murder-suicide

Kate Donohoe, 35, and seven-month-old Vincent were found in an upstairs bedroom by gardai in Dublin on Saturday afternoon - a friend raised the alarm after not being able to get in touch with her

The Independent UK

As suicides rise, US military seeks to address mental health

Rising suicide rates among active service members have forced the Pentagon to review the military's mental health protocols

Chronicle Live

Ex-athlete in 900 mile walk for mental health after lockdown and failing marriage saw him contemplate suicide

Andy Caine, from Northumberland, is on a 900 mile walking challenge for the next 10 weeks

The Independent UK

Dan Walker says his children must sign contracts before getting mobile phones

The former BBC presenter reveals ‘strict’ rules

WEKU

A parents' lawsuit accuses Amazon of selling suicide kits to teenagers

Amazon sold the food preservative sodium nitrite, which lawyers say has no household use at high purity levels, to people who later killed themselves using the substance, the suit claims.

Daily Mirror

One million people with mental health problems ignored by NHS in 12 months

One patient said she only survived because her parents used £11,000 of their savings to put her in private care after was turned away from A&E after a suicide attempt

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