Background & Rationale for the Research
The impact of suicide and suicidal feelings
In the UK in 2007, 5377 people died as a result of suicide. That's one person every two hours.
Suicide is most prevalent in the young (15-34 years old), and this means that in 2007 the number of life years lost to suicide in this country rose to 124,000.
Suicide also affects an estimated average of six to twenty-eight family members and friends, who will experience the social and psychological consequences of the suicide of a person close to them.
It is estimated that in England and Wales approximately 140,000 suicide attempts take place each year. In addition, there are still more people experiencing persistent and disturbing suicidal feelings - according to an NHS source, three times as many people think about suicide as attempt it.
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