Full title is "With suicide rates among girls and young women at a record high, this is how experts think we need to respond"
Men die by suicide at a higher rate than women, and a lot of the research and prevention work is rightly aimed at men.
For some years now people have been worried about the rates in women, because although they die less often than men (in the UK, this isn't true in some other countries) they attempt suicide at about the same rate. This means that if women start to substitute methods they'll start dying more often.
The UK has been dealing with a government that is ideologically opposed to the NHS; and which sees "IAPT" (a light touch low level psychological intervention) as the solution to all mental health needs; and which sees austerity as a crucial plank of their strategy. So we've seen a pretty poor response to women in psychological distress.
On top of all of that women are more likely to be given the bullshit diagnosis of personality disorder, and that can cause the care provided to them to collapse.
So, the rise is worrying, and we need to take a lot more action to prevent it.
Today considerable amounts of money (some new, mostly not new) has been announced as part of the NHS Long Term Plan for better models of mental health care. This isn't just NHS funding: it's for local authorities and 3rd sector organisations too.
Men die by suicide at a higher rate than women, and a lot of the research and prevention work is rightly aimed at men.
For some years now people have been worried about the rates in women, because although they die less often than men (in the UK, this isn't true in some other countries) they attempt suicide at about the same rate. This means that if women start to substitute methods they'll start dying more often.
The UK has been dealing with a government that is ideologically opposed to the NHS; and which sees "IAPT" (a light touch low level psychological intervention) as the solution to all mental health needs; and which sees austerity as a crucial plank of their strategy. So we've seen a pretty poor response to women in psychological distress.
On top of all of that women are more likely to be given the bullshit diagnosis of personality disorder, and that can cause the care provided to them to collapse.
So, the rise is worrying, and we need to take a lot more action to prevent it.
Today considerable amounts of money (some new, mostly not new) has been announced as part of the NHS Long Term Plan for better models of mental health care. This isn't just NHS funding: it's for local authorities and 3rd sector organisations too.
More details of this new spend can be found here: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/the-community-mental-...