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Preventing suicide

A father who lost his 18-year-old son co-founded the Zero Suicide Alliance

A group of organisations within the NHS meet today for the first conference of the Zero Suicide Alliance. The idea came from the United States where a programme in Detroit screening every patient for their suicide risk helped reduce the number of people taking their own life. Steve Mallen co-founded the initiative after losing his 18 year old son Edward in 2015.

(Image: Edward Mallen, credit: The Minded Trust)

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