All news on the topic: Samaritans

Parents of British students who died by suicide are demanding UK universities be given a legal duty of care. The mums of Oskar Carrick and Phoebe Grime spoke to The Mirror for Mental Health Awareness Week

Health chiefs from countries which have given ill people control over how they die shared a range of experiences in a debate on a potential change to the law in the UK

Made In Chelsea star Josh JP Patterson has completed his 76th marathon in 76 days as he raised money and awareness for suicide prevention charity Samaritans with his mammoth challenge

Heather Reid, 23, is planning to run 250 kilometres across Tanzania in a gruelling five-day race to raise awareness of the impact of bullying - she says the bullying she faced lead her to attempt suicide

An inquest in Ruthin heard PC Donaldson, who joined North Wales Police in 2018 and was serving in the Wrexham rural division, had suffered from depression for a couple of years

Robert Minshull, a senior sailor and Afghan veteran, took his own life after suffering severe stress after losing their home - he and his wife complained the fence wasn't high enough to give their two daughters privacy if they played in the garden

Eidur Gudjohnsen has opened up on his gambling losses - estimated at around £6million - during his career and welcomed the Premier League's decision to stop gambling sponsors on the front of shirts

Mental health blogger Beth Matthews, 26, died in March 2022 while under the care of The Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal in Manchester and now her devastated family have spoken out

Callum Dodds, 23, was found lying on his bed in Hull last August - his mum described him as a 'lovely lad' who 'had a really strong work ethic and 'wanted to help everyone'

Depression is more common than you might think – but spotting when someone you love is struggling can be difficult, even if you see them every day

Dan Tuckley, 46, forked out more than £20,000 in a cloak-and-dagger mission to get to clinic outside Basel after being diagnosed with terminal cancer

Bear is currently serving 21 months behind bars and has been placed on the sex offenders register for sharing footage of him having sex with former partner Georgia without her permission

Ruth, who was head at Caversham Primary School in Reading, killed herself in January while waiting for an Ofsted report which gave her school the lowest possible rating

Authorities said conspiracy theorist Nasrine Feraoun had convinced her family that the world was not worth living in, due to the Covid pandemic and the Ukraine war

As fans rally around Amanda Bynes following the news she has been placed on psychiatric hold, we take a look as the star's incredible career, her heartbreaking public battles and how she revolutionised sketch shows for a generation of comedy lovers

Danyell Sinckler, 32, died after falling near South Foreland Lighthouse in Saint Margaret's Bay, Dover, last May. Her body was found by a National Trust worker on the shore

Ruth Perry, 53, who was the headteacher at Caversham Primary School in Reading, took her own life in January after being told the school was being downgraded from Outstanding to Inadequate

The mental health charity is calling on Jeremy Hunt to invest more money in supporting people in need in tomorrow's budget. It it is seeing record numbers of people contacting it with financial issues

Zaheid Ali, 13, killed himself after getting off a bus on his way to school on April 20, 2021. His body was pulled from the River Thames in Wapping, east London, eight days later

Danny Dyer explains why he flew other to South Africa rather than check himself into The Priory, as the former EastEnders actor opens up about mental health struggles and the battles men face

Francesca Williams, 22, from London, is opening up about the moment a stranger stopped her from taking her own life by starting up a conversation - she is 'forever grateful' and wants to say thanks

Emmerdale fan favourite Paddy Kirk, played by Dominic Brunt, has been in a place of grief and confusion amid the breakdown of his marriage to Chas Dingle following her affair with Al Chapman

Emmerdale's Paddy Dingle is attempting to take his own life on the ITV show, and the actor who plays him admits he feels a huge responsibility with the storyline

Caroline Flack's mum, Christine, had complained to the Metropolitan Police for pursuing a charge of assault for the ex-Love Island host, before she tragically took her own life in 2020

A mum has taken to Reddit to share how her daughter was publicly embarrassed for being 2lbs overweight - according to her school's BMI test - and is now too scared to eat because of it