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A teenager was remembered on what would have been her 18th birthday yesterday by a fundraising effort to help prevent young suicide. Johnita Simons launched the online campaign as part of her daughter Kirsta’s “legacy”. She wrote: “As a mother of a c...

Christopher Famous About one month ago, I received a notification on Facebook that Dexter Smith had tagged me in a post. My first instinct was that somehow he was going through delayed withdrawal symptoms and was yearning to talk about the “greatest ...

What’s the medical breakthrough that could save the most lives over the next ten years? In the 2020s, medical research will likely inch forward when it comes to major killers such as heart disease and cancer. But the biggest potential to save lives c...

A father who lost his daughter to suicide pleaded with her not to take her own life days before she died, he revealed at the weekend. Billy Paiva’s world was rocked when his 15-year-old daughter Kiara died a year ago. Mr Paiva, 52, said: “I think I c...

One year ago today, Kiara Paiva, a 15-year-old schoolgirl who struggled with depression, took her own life despite help from psychological counselling and medication. This month, family and friends of Kiara plan their first walk in her memory, closin...

People who have lost a loved one to suicide will be able to find emotional support at a special event next weekend. Survivor Day will mark the first observance of International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day in Bermuda. The event will be sponsored by ...

Tragedy set Molly Johnson on course for a career in film and theatre. Sport had been her focus but her perspective changed, after a friend died by suicide in high school. “It was such a shock to my system, I was so lost and in such grief,” she said. ...

The suicide of Princeton economist Alan Krueger last weekend is a reminder that self-harm remains an American health crisis and that professional success in no way insulates people from the danger. Krueger, after all, had served as chairman of the Co...

A young woman who took her own life is to be remembered by former colleagues at a charity event to support people with mental health problems. Jessica Gibbons was 25 when her 2016 death by suicide shocked colleagues at Red Steakhouse in Hamilton, whi...

A teenage girl who died suddenly this week has had an online fundraising page set up in her memory by a cousin who lives overseas. Kiara Paiva, who was 15, was found unconscious in her Hamilton Parish home on Monday and later pronounced dead by docto...

The family of a young woman who took her own life has raised more than $20,000 for suicide prevention. Chris Gibbons and Susan Wakefield, parents of Jessica Gibbons, took part in the 16.7-mile Out of Darkness Walk in Philadelphia last month. Mr Gibbo...