Suicide and Suicidal Thoughts
The number of children contemplating suicide has increased by fourteen per cent over the past year.
Up to fifteen to twenty per cent of unresponsive manic depressives kill themselves. When the condition is poorly controlled through incorrect medication, or combinations of them, and in harrowing life circumstances, suicide can happen, and it is vital to encourage sufferers to keep as much contact with carers as they can and, if possible, so that when things start to go wrong there is help to prevent these crises.
Statistics
Around 4500 people kill themselves in England and Wales each year (one in 100 deaths), while at least ten times that number of people attempt suicide.
In almost all cultures, the suicide rate rises with age, with the highest rates in the UK for those over seventy-five. In recent years, suicide has also increased in young man, and it is now the second leading cause of death in the fifteen to twenty-four age group, after accidents.
Certain factors are known to be associated with increased risk, including drug and alcohol misuse, unemployment, social isolation and family breakdown. People with diagnosed mental health problem are at particular risk. Indeed, up to ninety per cent of suicide victims have been reported to have been suffering from a psychiatric disorder at the time of their death.
The highest risks of suicide are among alcoholics and those with a diagnosis of clinical depression (both fifteen per cent) or schizophrenia (ten per cent). Previous suicide attempts are also an indication of particular risk. Up to twenty per cent of survivors try again within a year, and as a group they are 100 times more likely to go on to complete suicide than those who have never tried before.
The number of children contemplating suicide has increased by fourteen per cent over the past year, a national charity has said. Childline has revealed that more than 1000 children who rang its helpline felt suicidal over problems such as abuse, bullying, stress and low self-esteem.
Be…foundation
Email: info@be-foundation.org
Website: www.be-foundation.org
Aims to offer a comprehensive source of help and information on youth suicide and deliberate self harm.
CALM – Campaign Against Living Miserably
Gateway House, Piccadilly South, Manchester M60 7LP
Telephone: 0800 585858
Email: janepowell@thecalmzone.net
Website: www.thecalmzone.net
Launched in response to high suicide rates amongst young men, their aim is to try to reach young men before they become depressed.
LifeLink
Millburn Centre, 221 Millburn Street, Roystonhill, Glasgow G21 2HL
Telephone: 0808 8011315
Email: info@lifelink.org.uk
Website: www.lifelink.org.uk
LifeLink provides free support and advice to people in crisis and self-harming or at risk of suicide. They give the support you need, when you need it. They do not offer any easy solutions; however they do listen and have helped many people find new ways to cope.
PAPYRUS – Prevention of Young Suicide
Rossendale GH, Union Road, Rawstenstall, Lancashire BB4 6NE
Telephone: 0870 170 4000
Fax: 01706 214449
Email: admin@papyrus-uk.org
Website: www.papyrus-uk.org
A voluntary organization committed to the prevention of young suicide and the promotion of good mental health and emotional well-being. Also home for HOPELineUK, advice and information to anyone who is concerned that a young person they know may be suicidal.
Samaritans
10 The Grove, Slough Berkshire SL1 1QP
Helplines: 08457 909090 (UK) 1850 60 90 90 (ROI)
Email: jo@samaritans.org
Website: www.samaritans.org.uk
Charity that provides confidential emotional support to any person who is suicidal or despairing and that increases public awareness of issues around suicide and depression.
Suicide and Mental Health Association International
PO Box 702, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
Telephone: 1-57101-0702
Website: suicideandmentalhealthassociationinternational.org
Dedicated to suicide and mental health related issues.
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