One in ten people had suicidal thoughts by the end of the first six weeks of Britain’s lockdown, research has found. University of Glasgow academics found the pandemic and being confined to home had a major impact on the mental health of people across the UK. The researchers surveyed 3,000 adults and found that the number … Read more
Nick Cannon has shared his heartbreak after his friend took his own life and hinted that he himself has suffered from suicidal thoughts. The 39-year-old comedian and TV host took to Instagram on Saturday night to pay tribute to his friend Ryan Bowers, an up-and-coming rapper who was signed to Cannon’s music label before he … Read more
Nick Cannon has shared his heartbreak after his friend took his own life and hinted that he himself has suffered from suicidal thoughts. The 39-year-old comedian and TV host took to Instagram on Saturday night to pay tribute to his friend Ryan Bowers, an up-and-coming rapper who was signed to Cannon’s music label before he … Read more
Former X Factor star Janet Devlin has claimed X Factor bosses were unconcerned about her suicidal thoughts. The Northern Irish singer, 25, competed on the eighth series of the ITV show in 2011, finishing in fifth place at the age of 16. And now, she says that despite it being known that she was plagued … Read more
The boss of a tourism board in the UK has today warned how business owners in the hospitality sector are committing suicide due to the financial pressures they are facing in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. James Mason, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, says the UK’s £50billion international tourism industry could lose up … Read more
The number of children and teenagers who attempted to take their own lives or were thinking about doing so doubled between 2007 and 2015, a new study reveals. In 2007, an estimated 580,000 people between 10 and 18 were seen for suicidal behavior in US emergency rooms. By 2015, that number had swollen to 1.12 … Read more
A woman has revealed that her rare skin condition which causes her body to crack open once left her suicidal. Mui Thomas, who resides in Hong Kong, suffers from harlequin ichthyosis, which causes scaly skin that grows at ten times the normal rate. Growing up, Ms Thomas, whose biological parents abandoned her, experienced bullying and … Read more