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Public health

Keir Starmer pledges to focus on self harm in drive to bring down suicide rates

Sir Keir Starmer pledges special training for mental health professionals to support people who self-harm in order to reduce suicide rates.

Labour promises to recruit 8,500 new mental health professionals, provide specialists in every school, and guarantee treatment within four weeks. [ more ]

www.independent.co.uk

Public health

Keir Starmer pledges to focus on self harm in drive to bring down suicide rates

Sir Keir Starmer pledges special training for mental health professionals to support people who self-harm in order to reduce suicide rates.

Labour promises to recruit 8,500 new mental health professionals, provide specialists in every school, and guarantee treatment within four weeks. [ more ]

www.independent.co.uk

Public health

Keir Starmer pledges to focus on self harm in drive to bring down suicide rates

Sir Keir Starmer pledges special training for mental health professionals to support people who self-harm in order to reduce suicide rates.

Labour promises to recruit 8,500 new mental health professionals, provide specialists in every school, and guarantee treatment within four weeks. [ more ]

moremental-health

www.theguardian.com

2 months ago

Mental health

Leading adviser quits over Instagram's failure to remove self-harm content

Meta accused of ignoring harmful content on Instagram

Psychologist resigns from Meta's expert panel over lack of action on self-harm content [ more ]

instagram

Social Media Today

Social media marketing

Instagram Implements New Protections for Teen Users

Instagram is implementing measures to protect teen users from harmful content.

This includes limiting exposure to self-harm related content and providing resources for those searching for help. [ more ]

time.com

Digital life

Meta to Hide Inappropriate Posts from Teens' Instagram and Facebook Feeds

Meta will hide inappropriate content from teenagers' accounts on Instagram and Facebook, including posts about suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders.

Teen users' accounts will be placed on the most restrictive settings and blocked from searching for harmful terms. [ more ]

Social Media Today

Social media marketing

Instagram Implements New Protections for Teen Users

Instagram is implementing new measures to protect teen users, including expanded content restrictions on self-harm.

Users will be redirected to official help services when searching for terms related to suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders. [ more ]

moreinstagram

www.independent.co.uk

2 months ago

Help mothers in prison see their children more to reduce self-harm, charity says

Women in prisons need social workers for child contact

High rates of self-harm among women in prisons [ more ]

www.independent.co.uk

2 months ago

Girl at risk of self-harm restrained and stripped twice by male prison officers

The girl in a young offenders' institution was forcibly stripped by male prison guards, sparking shock and concern.

Wetherby young offenders institution faces challenges with high self-harm rates among children in care. [ more ]

www.independent.co.uk

3 months ago

Assaults in women's prisons triple in a decade to hit record high

Violence in women's prisons in the UK has tripled in a decade, hitting an all-time high

The rate of violence in women's prisons is now worse than in men's prisons [ more ]

www.independent.co.uk

Youth prisons more violent than adult male jails' as number of assaults soar

Young offenders' institutions are more violent than adult male prisons.

Youth detention centers have seen a 30% increase in assaults and a 37% increase in self-harm in the past year. [ more ]

www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk

3 months ago

London

Man arrested after threatening to self-harm' inside Sutton home

A 59-year-old man was arrested after threatening to self-harm in Sutton.

Police attempted to engage with the man before detaining him and taking him to a police station. [ more ]

www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk

3 months ago

London

Avoid area' as major road cordoned off by police after incident in Sutton

A major road in Sutton has been cordoned off by police after a man threatened to self-harm inside an address on Throwley Way.

Police are currently attempting to engage with the man while cordons remain in place. [ more ]

www.independent.co.uk

UK news

Keir Starmer pledges to focus on self harm in drive to bring down suicide rates

Sir Keir Starmer pledges special training for mental health professionals to support people who self-harm in order to reduce suicide rates.

Labour promises to recruit 8,500 new mental health professionals, provide specialists in every school, and guarantee treatment within four weeks. [ more ]

www.independent.co.uk

Mental health

Keir Starmer pledges to focus on self harm in drive to bring down suicide rates

Sir Keir Starmer pledges special training for mental health professionals to support people who self-harm in order to reduce suicide rates.

Labour promises to recruit 8,500 new mental health professionals, provide specialists in every school, and guarantee treatment within four weeks. [ more ]

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Mental health

The Ups and Downs of Bipolar Disorder

Josh Santana experienced a sudden shift from mental illness to euphoria, which was short-lived.

Santana's judgment declined, and he began experiencing manic episodes and thoughts of self-harm. [ more ]

www.cbc.ca

Canada news

Kenneth Law charged with 14 counts of 2nd-degree murder in multiple Ontario deaths | CBC News

Kenneth Law has been charged with 14 counts of second-degree murder in addition to the 14 counts of counselling or aiding suicide he was already facing.

Law allegedly operated websites that sold sodium nitrite and other items used for self-harm, sending at least 1,200 packages to people in over 40 countries. [ more ]

www.independent.co.uk