AN EDINBURGH SUICIDE: THE DEATH OF HUGH MILLER. A FICTIONAL HISTORY IN THREE PARTS: 1. THE UNENLIGHTENED 2. AN EDINBURGH PANORAMA

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Across all of my research I am interested in exploring the meanings of often marginalised practices, among diverse groups. For instance, my research on self-harm has involved working with adults, young people and General Practitioners to examine how social location and context shapes the way that self-harm is accounted for. The research that I – and many other colleagues – do, underlines that suicide is complex, is shaped by social, cultural, and political factors, and necessitates multidisciplinary approaches to inform attempts to respond to or prevent suicide,” she continues. Making a difference Man Down – peer to peer men’s mental health group supporting the reduction of UK male suicide Suicide support for LGBT+ people

It was during her treatment there that she discovered the therapeutic benefits of art which blossomed into the beautiful paintings with which she delighted friends and family. Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland 'Creative approaches to self-harm in young people: a collaborative, arts-based inquiry into meaning' https://www.carnegie-trust.org/alumni/dr-amy-chandler/ She suffered a further blow after developing Covid again over Christmas and then further surgery related to her digestive complaint was cancelled. This is a particular problem in farming communities in South and East Asia, where people have easy access to lethal pesticides which are sold locally without controls and stored in their homes.

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The Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention (CPSP) is the first organisation to focus solely on this problem. It works to reduce the number of pesticide suicides occurring worldwide, with the aim of saving hundreds of thousands of lives. Recognising the issue

Maharashtra has the highest number of suicides in India and is also one of the largest consumers of chemical pesticides in India. In 2019, CPSP signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Medical Education and Drugs Department, Government of Maharashtra and began collecting data on pesticide poisoning deaths. Mens’ Shed – support for lonely people who want to actively fix things whilst working on their own issues (not just for men) Suicide is a pressing public health issue, affecting millions of people globally. In Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom, suicide prevention is a priority for governments, and for health and social care practitioners. Officers attached to the Homicide Bureau are continuing investigations. Speaking on TV6’s Beyond the Tape programme last night, co-host Snr Supt Roger Alexander remembered Marshall and Skeete as good officers, and criticised some of the comments being made on social media about them. A clinical toxicologist by profession, Michael first became aware of the issue as a student on summer placement in a Sri Lankan hospital. He had been taken on to study snake bites but was alarmed by the number of patients being admitted as a result of pesticide self-poisoning.

Amy Chandler is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health in Social Science. She is also Principal Investigator of Suicide Cultures, a project looking to explore what suicide means to a wide range of communities across Scotland. The project looks to examine and change how we understand these high numbers of suicides in Scotland, and hopefully, help to prevent them. “However it is understood, suicide can often be troubling, compelling, difficult and frequently has far reaching impacts on individuals, communities and wider society,” says Amy. CrossCountry Trains tweet: Avanti West Coast are conveying passengers between Edinburgh and Carlisle in both directions until further notice. For connecting Glasgow TransPennine Express services. Transpennine Express are conveying passengers via any reasonable route until further notice. The same investigation accused several of the officers involved of failing to tell the whole truth about the circumstances surrounding Mr Marshall’s death.

In the UK, an estimated 945 000 people (1·5% of the population) had self-reported long Covid on July 4, 2021. The family of a man who died while under police restraint at an Edinburgh prison have met with Scotland’s top prosecutor in a bid to get answers over his death. Chief Scientist’s Office of the Scottish Government. ‘General Practitioner understandings and management of self-harm: a qualitative study’. Co-Investigator.There has been growing alarm in recent years about a crisis in student mental health in UK universities and Ulvestad’s death comes at a time of huge disruption in higher education, with courses moved online and students isolated as a result of the pandemic. The act of self-harm is most commonly spontaneous, and the majority of people do not intend to die. However, the high toxicity of some pesticides means that just one sip can be enough to kill them. CPSP has grown out of the work of Professor Michael Eddleston, who has worked on pesticide suicides for more than twenty years, particularly in Sri Lanka. While its work in Asia remains a key focus, new partnerships have allowed it to expand into other regions, including Africa and the Caribbean.