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suicide Articles

System failure

Rates of suicide and self-harm in our prisons shame us all, writes Luciana Berger MP Official data published by the ministry of justice on 26 January this year showed that 119 prisoners died by suicide during 2016. This is the highest number in a calendar year since...

The curse of alcoholism

We need more help for alcoholics – and their children —There is no way I would be in politics if it were not for the inspiration of my dad, Dermot, who I lost just before last year’s election. He even paid my subscription to join the Labour party when I was 15. He was...

So much more to be done on suicide prevention

My constituency of Bridgend had a high-profile number of deaths by suicide several years ago. At the time I felt that I had to understand why this had happened, and what we could do to stop it from happening again – I spoke with academics, police officers, campaign...

A matter of life and death

For too long mental health has been the neglected service in our health system, not receiving the focus, investment or attention it needs compared with physical health. With one in four people experiencing some kind of mental health problem in the course of a year,...