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Study reveals high rate of possible undiagnosed autism in people who died by suicide

15 Feb 2022

A significant number of people who died by suicide were likely autistic, but undiagnosed, according to new research that highlights the urgent need...

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Growing old in Georgian England

10 Aug 2021

A new study examines the words and behaviour of older people who went on to take their own lives in 18th-century England.

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Digital support

10 Feb 2021

Research published today shows how digital providers are coming together to support the mental health needs of millions of users unable to access...

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11 hip-hop artists who had something to say about mental health

09 Dec 2020

How hip hop artists are opening up about their struggles with depression and anxiety, helping reduce stigma and encouraging others to seek support.

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Most young people with increased suicide risk only display ‘mild to moderate’ mental distress – study

20 May 2020

Around 70% of young people who report self-harming or suicidal thoughts are within the normal or non-clinical range of mental distress.

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Study identifies brain networks that play crucial role in suicide risk

02 Dec 2019

An international team of researchers has identified key networks within the brain which they say interact to increase the risk that an individual...

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Custody officer assistant

System is failing to prevent deaths following police custody and prison, study suggests

13 Dec 2016

Poor access to health care and confusion over post-detention care may have contributed to more than 400 deaths following police custody and prison...

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Staff who understood the impacts of prison environments, and attempted to proactively ameliorate those impacts upon prisoners, were more likely to be effective in preventing deaths.

Staff-prisoner relationships are key to managing suicide risk in prison, say researchers

03 Jul 2015

In the wake of a recent increase in prisoner suicide, new research commissioned by the Harris Review on the views and experiences of prison staff...

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Depression

Adults with Asperger Syndrome at greater risk of suicidal thoughts

25 Jun 2014

Adults with the autism spectrum condition known as Asperger Syndrome are significantly more likely to experience suicidal thoughts than people from...

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Agriculture is the backbone of India

New evidence of suicide epidemic among India’s ‘marginalised’ farmers

17 Apr 2014

Latest statistical research finds strong causal links between areas with the most suicides and areas where impoverished farmers are trying to grow...

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A Greek tragedy in health?

10 Oct 2011

Cambridge-led research documents rises in HIV, heroin use, prostitution, homicides and suicides in the wake of the Greek financial crisis.

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Study could help predict suicide in older adults

11 Mar 2010

Focussing too much on the present and not using past experience to make decisions could be linked to suicide in elderly depressed adults, researchers...

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