Support group calls for action to reduce suicide rate in Cumbria
Every week someone in Cumbria takes their own life. As Mental Health Awareness Week begins, Survivors of Bereavement for Suicide say more needs to be done to help.
Cumbria NHS: mental health 'everyone's responsibility'
The number of suicides in Cumbria is above the national average, and the Cumbria Partnership NHS Trust is offering support and advice in a bid to help reduce this figure.
Sara Munro Director of Quality and Nursing at the Trust, says looking after mental health is "everyone's responsibility", but that the NHS can provide specialist support:
The rate of suicide amongst men is considerably higher than amongst women, and Sara says this can be down to notions like 'masculinity':
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