Suicide rates

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  Prison suicides rise by 64% in a year

  11 Sep 2014:

  Call for overhaul of prevention procedures in English and Welsh jails after 'troubling' surge in self-inflicted deaths

• North Korea's suicide rate among worst in world, says WHO report

  4 Sep 2014:

  World Health Organisation study entitled Preventing Suicide: A Global Imperative says 9,790 suicides took place there in 2012

• Japan vows to cut suicide rate by 20% over 10 years

  4 Sep 2014: Despite modest fall in rate in recent years, Japan has struggled to address cultural resistance to discussing mental health issues

• Suicide kills one person worldwide every 40 seconds, WHO report finds

  4 Sep 2014:

  Some of worst-affected countries have suicide rates 40 times higher than those where fewest people kill themselves

• Self-harm by mental health patients in NHS has risen by 56%, figures show

  27 Aug 2014: Labour links rise in self-harm and suicide attempts to 'intolerable' pressure from staff and budget cutbacks

• Suicide and silence: why depressed men are dying for somebody to talk to

  15 Aug 2014:

  Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 50. For that to change, the stigma of mental illness must be challenged

• 'Last week my son took his life. We will never know why.'

  14 Aug 2014:

  Adrian Strain's son had everything to live for but he took his life when he became depressed. His father is determined to keep the debate going

• Robin Williams death: media has duty to report suicide responsibly

  13 Aug 2014:

  News reports detailing the method or using inappropriate language can lead to rise in suicide rate, experts warn

• Spanish social work leader wins award for 'inspirational' anti-cuts movement

  Guardian Professional, 12 Jul 2014: Orange Tide organisation brings together social workers and service users to protest against austerity measures

• Young men in crisis may not be crying out for help. But it's desperately needed

  2 Jul 2014:

  Owen Jones: First thoughts: Greater mental health support for young men could help save lives, yet vital services continue to be targeted for cuts

• India's farmer suicides: are deaths linked to GM cotton? – in pictures

  5 May 2014: More than 270,000 Indian cotton farmers have killed themselves since 1995. Are the high price of GM seeds a factor?

• US military suicides fall 15% but army national guard and reservists a concern

  25 Apr 2014: Figures offer hope that prevention programmes are working but citizen soldiers may not have same access to support

• Human Rights Commission to look for ways to reduce youth suicide

  22 Apr 2014: More than 10,000 young people are admitted to hospital in Australia each year after deliberately harming themselves

• Austerity in Greece caused more than 500 male suicides, say researchers

  21 Apr 2014: Study finds clear link between spending cuts and rise in number of men who killed themselves between 2009 and 2010

• Indigenous suicide at 'crisis' numbers after youth lose their cultural identity

  15 Apr 2014: Elders say government funding needed to help them bring troubled youth back into arms of community

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