Life after a suicide attempt
Dr Chetna Kang and Toby Friedner focus on disability and mental health.
While many of us are looking forward to the year ahead some are finding it particularly hard to cope. In January the suicide prevention charity PAPYRUS receives around a third more calls from young people to its national helpline than at other times of the year.
And research by the Prince鈥檚 Trust shows one in three long term unemployed young people have contemplated suicide, while one in four (24 per cent) have self-harmed.
For those people the picture may be bleak now, but it doesn鈥檛 stay that way. This week we鈥檒l hear from people who have attempted suicide and are now thankful they did not complete. We鈥檒l also hear about a charity branch for people bereaved by suicide opening in Buckinghamshire.
That鈥檚 all on Shrink Wrapped with consultant psychiatrist Dr Chetna Kang and Toby Friedner Sunday from 1200 on 大象传媒 3 Counties Radio.
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Samaritans - 08457 90 90 90听- 24 hours a day, 365 days a year -
Papyrus - HOPELineUK - 0800 068 41 41 - email: pat@papyrus-uk.org - SMS: 07786 209697 - Prevention of young suicide
SOBS (Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide) - National Helpline - 0844 561 6855
9am to 9pm every day - 听supports those bereaved by suicide.
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- Sun 5 Jan 2014 12:00大象传媒 Three Counties Radio