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Universities urged to do more to prevent student suicide

‘Universities can help save lives when they adopt a proactive response to suicide prevention,’ sector leader says

The Independent UK

Overdoses, homicides and suicides drove Colorado’s teen death rate up more than 60% over last decade

DENVER, Colo. — Colorado high school students were significantly more likely to die in 2020 than in 2010, despite signs that, in many ways, teens are now better off.

The Denver Post

Exeter University failed to make student who died feel wanted, says mother

Harry Armstrong Evans, who is thought to have killed himself, told tutor about mental health concerns, inquest hears

The Guardian - UK

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William and Kate in Northern Ireland for day-long visit

The Prince and Princess of Wales began with a visit to suicide prevention charity PIPS in north Belfast

Evening Standard

William and Kate on day-long visit to Northern Ireland

The Prince and Princess of Wales began with a visit to suicide prevention charity PIPS in north Belfast.

The Independent UK

Universities urged to be more proactive in preventing student suicides in new guidance

There should be “check-ins” at the beginning of each new academic year for students, the new guidance from Universities UK states.

Wales Online

Manchester Arena inquiry report on response of emergency services to be published on November 3

The suicide bombing claimed 22 lives, the youngest an eight year-old girl

Manchester Evening News

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Whistleblower Richard Boyle feared ATO tactics would cause ‘suicide in community’, court hears

Boyle hopes he will be protected by public interest disclosure laws after he aired claims of aggressive tax office debt collection methods in 2018

The Guardian - AU

Universities urged to be more proactive in preventing suicides

UNIVERSITIES are being urged to step up their efforts to prevent student suicides.

The National (Scotland)

Whistleblower Richard Boyle tells of PTSD developed from 'gobsmacking' ATO work

Former tax officer Richard Boyle tells a South Australian court of some of the alleged directives he disagreed with while working at the ATO, including one he was worried would cause suicide and death "on a massive scale".

ABC News

New guidance issued for universities to be more proactive in preventing suicides

Recommendations make clear that universities can decide to involve trusted contacts without agreement of the student.

The Independent UK

Parents urge UK universities to reveal student suicide rates

Inquest to be held into death of Harry Armstrong Evans, who was at University of Exeter

The Guardian - UK

Judge refuses Bristol University appeal in Natasha Abrahart suicide case

The University was found partly liable and ordered to pay £50,000 compensation earlier this year

Bristol Post

Anxious people are twice as likely to become depressed from social media, study finds

Findings come as Molly Russell inquest finds that social-media content viewed by the teenager prior to her suicide was “not safe”

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Risk of suicide almost seven times higher after young onset dementia diagnosis

The risk is highest in the first three months after diagnosis

The Guardian - UK

TechScape: Social media firms face a safety reckoning after the Molly Russell inquest

In this week’s newsletter: The question of tougher regulation is back following an inquest into the death of a 14-year-old who viewed significant amounts of harmful online content

WEKU

Kentucky to receive more than $3.6 Million in federal funds for suicide prevention

The Garrett Lee Smith Suicide Prevention grant is awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

The Guardian - UK

‘She could have done so much good in this world’: victims of the Kabul blast remembered

Relatives and friends of young women killed by a suicide bomber at an education centre in Afghanistan last week write about their loved ones

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With 12 in-custody deaths, Louisville activists say better health care needed to address jail crisis

Benzinga

Controversial GOP House Caucus Agenda Links Cannabis Legalization With Suicide And Violence

The 156-member Republican Study Committee (RSC) unveiled a “Family Policy Agenda" that slams federal cannabis legalization with a dangerous and erroneous attempt to link marijuana to

The Texas Tribune

Another National Guard soldier working Operation Lone Star dies by suspected suicide

The soldier is the 10th known Texas Guard member linked to the mission to die since its rapid expansion began in September 2021.

Evening Standard

Collection of letters by suicide-bereaved released to address grief stigma

The letters, penned by bereaved friends and relatives, will feature on billboards across the country

Evening Standard

Anoosheh Ashoori's journey from an Iran prison to the London Marathon

This time last year 68-year-old British-Iranian, Anoosheh Ashoori, was dreaming of being able to run freely in London parks while in his cell at the notorious Evin prison in Iran. On 17 August 2017, Ashoori was arrested by Iranian authorities on spying charges, which he has always denied. He was…

The Independent UK

Suicide risk ‘almost seven times higher’ after dementia diagnosis

Researchers say their findings indicate clinics should target suicide risk assessment at patients diagnosed before the age of 65

Los Angeles Times

Mary McNamara: 'Blonde' and the new Anthony Bourdain book are suicide whodunits in which the answer is obvious

Our cultural hypocrisy toward mental illness and addiction, not to mention fame and fortune, is never more evident than when some poor famous soul dies by suicide. "Why?" we ask. "Why would a person who seemed to have it all end their own life?" And then someone writes a book…

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