Suicidal males seek aid via text

More and more men are contacting a suicide charity for help by text because “it is easier to type than to talk”.

Suicide charity Console has seen a 49% increase in texts to its service due mainly to an increase in men looking for help from it, figures from the first half of 2015 revealed.

Console’s text service allows people experiencing a suicidal crisis to text the word HELP to a dedicated number — 62% of those using the service are male.