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Suicide rates

July 2024

  • white crosses along a roadside memorialize victims of a shooting

    Guns and lies
    Gun violence exposure linked to higher suicide risk, study finds

  • A young man by a blue-lit bed looking out the window

    Review dismisses claims youth suicides rose after NHS curbed puberty blockers

June 2024

  • Melissa Wilkinson and her daughter Skyla Lomas who died from suicide in 2017. Queensland. Australia

    With youth suicide rates rising in Queensland, parents who have lost children are speaking out

    Suicide is now the leading cause of death for those aged 10–17 in the state, amid a ‘rising mental health crisis’ in Australia

May 2024

  • Two pairs of hands, one bigger and one smaller, are shown holding each other on top of a table

    Guns and lies
    Behind the alarming rise in US gun suicides among youth of color

    Surging gun ownership and unaddressed racial trauma have contributed to an uptick in youth firearm suicides

February 2024

  • Graham and Bruce from the Ettalong men’s shed in NSW.

    Senior suicide: the silent generation speaking up on a quiet killer

    Over-85s have become the Australians most susceptible to suicide and a general lack of support is threatening to make the problem worse
  • Head and shoulders portrait of Veli-Matti Vuorenmaa, who went through a suicide-prevention programme in Helsinki.

    Euro visions
    The Finnish miracle: how the country halved its suicide rate – and saved countless lives

    It is now often known as the ‘world’s happiest country’, but Finland used to have one of the highest suicide rates in the world. From alcohol to antidepressants, here are the changes that made the difference

    • Out in the cold
      What do we know about homelessness deaths in Australia – and why is nobody tracking them?

    • Out in the cold
      Homeless Australians are dying at age 44 on average in hidden crisis

    • Out in the cold
      Roger Davies died with nine broken ribs. Police deemed his death non-suspicious and sent him to a pauper’s grave

November 2023

  • Cushla Rabbitt, whose daughter died by suicide, at her home in the Queensland town of Warwick

    The rural network
    Cushla Rabbitt lost her daughter to darkness so she’s building a place of light

    Three years after Heather Stuart took her own life her mother is opening a space in regional Queensland for others with nowhere to turn for help
  • Raised rainbow fist

    Transgender deaths in US on rise with increase in anti-trans laws, report shows

    Annual report from National Center for Transgender Equality shows grim statistics by race and gender
  • Black-and-white stock image of woman sitting in open doorway in silhouette with field of tall grass and wildflowers beyond her.

    Guns and lies
    The majority of US gun deaths are suicides. Here’s how to prevent them

    Experts like Paul Nestadt of Johns Hopkins University say stigma and misinformation get in the way – but don’t have to

October 2023

  • Men in prison in silhouette

    Prison suicides in England and Wales rise by nearly a quarter

    Campaigners lament ‘appalling statistics’ that also show steep rise in female prisoners self-harming

September 2023

  • Rough sleeper in London

    Observer letters
    Men deserve care and compassion too

    Rather than pour scorn on the notion of a minister for men, think how such a role could help some of our most vulnerable people
  • Julie Bentley

    We know what works to prevent suicide. What we need now in England from ministers is the money and commitment to do it

    Julie Bentley
    The new official strategy commits to lowering suicide rates – which is good – but much of the funding is old, says Julie Bentley, chief executive of Samaritans
  • A young woman looks out over school yard

    Suicide prevention drive launched in England amid concern for young people

    Ministers pledge to reverse rising deaths and self-harm among young and to aid other at-risk groups

August 2023

  • UK - London - HMP Wandsworth Prison<br>A young black prisoner looks out through the bars of his cell window in the D wing of Wandsworth prison in London. HMP Wandsworth in South West London was built in 1851 and is one of the largest prisons in Western Europe. It has a capacity of 1456 prisoners. (Photo by In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images)

    ‘I’ve watched people just fall apart’: inside the nightmare world of English and Welsh jails

    Former prison officer Alex South tells how cuts in funding have allowed assault, suicide and self-harm to become the norm• Three-quarters of prisons in England and Wales in appalling conditions

June 2023

  • Dr Ranj Singh.

    A moment that changed me
    A moment that changed me: I talked a man out of jumping off a bridge – and it made me confront a harsh reality

    As a doctor, I’m used to dealing with trauma, but in an A&E department. This time I was all alone – and it brought home the importance of men’s mental health

May 2023

  • Sonia Sodha

    Campaigns should beware using suicides to bolster arguments for their cause

    Sonia Sodha
  • Keir Starmer

    Labour vows to reverse rise in suicides in England and Wales within five years

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