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Glasgow has highest rate of suicide in Scotland according to new figures

While suicide rates were down across Scotland, in Glasgow the figure rose, and Samaritans Scotland, the country’s leading suicide prevention charity, has called for more prevention support.

Glasgow Live

Austrian doctors speak out after suicide of GP following Covid threats

Lisa-Maria Kellermayr was targeted by conspiracy theorists and anti-vaxxers before taking her own life

The Guardian - UK

Probable deaths by suicide in Scotland fall for second year running, figures show

THE number of probable deaths by suicide in Scotland dropped by 6 per cent between 2020 and 2021, figures show.

The National (Scotland)

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Almost 600 Texas youths are trapped in a juvenile prison system on the brink of collapse

The agency is so understaffed that teens have reported spending up to 23 hours locked in their cells, using water bottles to go to the bathroom. A staggering number have hurt themselves or been placed on suicide watch.

The Texas Tribune

Inspection reports reflect the desperation and danger youths face in Texas juvenile prisons

Visits to Texas’ severely understaffed youth prisons show suicide attempts without intervention, water bottles being used as makeshift toilets, and a rash of possibly gang-related fights.

The Texas Tribune

Al-Qaida mastermind Ayman al-Zawahri, 71, reportedly killed

Ayman al-Zawahri, an Egyptian surgeon who became a mastermind of jihad against the West and who took over as al-Qaida leader after Osama bin Laden’s death in a U.S. raid, has been killed

The Independent UK

Hundreds watch celebrities in charity match at Airdrieonians' Excelsior Stadium

'All Stars' team triumphs on penalties following 7-7 draw in 'massively successful' fundraiser in aid of suicide prevention.

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Gugu Mbatha-Raw loses her mind – and her memory – in Apple TV’s ‘Surface’

A botched suicide in the San Francisco Bay leaves a woman with no memories. Where do you go from there?

Tribune News Service

Australia's Parliament considers lifting euthanasia ban in two territories

Australia's Northern Territory in 1995 became the first place in the world to legalize voluntary euthanasia, but the law was quickly overturned two years later. The new bill seeks to lift the ban.

WEKU

Australian Parliament considers lifting euthanasia ban

The Australian Parliament is considering a bill that would lift a 25-year-old ban on two territories legalizing voluntary euthanasia

The Independent UK

Banning care would endanger trans kids, advocates say

Central Florida LGBTQ advocates blasted a proposed ban on gender-affirming medical procedures for patients younger than 18 during a rally Sunday, saying the prohibition would increase the risk of suicide for transgender children and teens.

Orlando Sentinel

Bhatti asks CM to rescue farmers committing suicides due to crop loss

Hyderabad

The Hindu

Malayalam actor Sharath Chandran found dead in Kochi

A suicide note was found with him, saying no one was responsible for his death. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Marripadu SI, ASI, two constables suspended in suicide case in Nellore district

The SI and his staff brought Tirupati to police station in a theft case, said SP Vijaya Rao

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Austria mourns suicide of doctor targetted by anti-vaccine campaigners

Austrian leaders appealed for national unity after a doctor who faced death threats from anti-vaccination activists and coronavirus pandemic conspiracy theorists took her own life.

The Guardian - UK

£1bn needed to speed up mental health care for UK children, report says

Call for ‘once in a generation’ package for NHS so young people can receive treatment within four weeks

Chicago Sun-Times

Mental health programs for our first responders must be improved, expanded

More than ever, the first responders who are putting their lives at risk to protect us are themselves in need of a lifeline.

The Guardian - AU

History of violence: how a murder-suicide ended a bloody chapter in a small Victorian town

Kevin Knowles was shot and killed on a country road near Kirkstall on 22 July, but no one who knew him was surprised he had met such an end

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Wales Online

Children needing NHS mental health services in England ‘must be seen in four weeks’

Study calls for £1billion injection into children's care with guarantee of next-day consultations for those at greatest risk of self-harm or suicide

The Independent UK

Children needing NHS mental health services ‘must be seen in four weeks’

The Commission on Young Lives report said access to mental health services remains a ‘postcode lottery’.

Daily Mirror

Amputee bowler going for gold as he urges men to seek help after his suicide bid

Craig Bowler spent nearly two months in a coma before he was 'nursed back to life' by his physio assistant Abby – now his wife. Now, he wants to raise awareness of suicide rates among men

The Guardian - US

Activists surprised and relieved at Manchin’s decision to back climate bill

But the senator’s insistence on more fossil fuel drilling was called a ‘climate suicide pact’ by one expert

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: We can’t leave police to fight their stress battles alone

As the third Chicago Police Department officer to commit suicide in less than a month was laid to rest this past weekend, arguments and anger over the city’s overtaxed police force took on a new sense of urgency.

Daily Mirror

Constance Wu returns to Instagram weeks after revealing suicide attempt

Constance Wu hadn't been active on social media since 2019 and revealed two weeks ago how backlash had 'convinced me to end my own life'

ABC News

Coroner slams lack of 'safe' cells at Perth's Acacia Prison after young Indigenous man's suicide

A West Australian coroner strongly criticises a lack of safe prison cells to prevent suicide at Perth's Acacia Prison.

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