Suicide problems 'need to be highlighted'

Every suicide should get the same level of media coverage as a road accident to bring home the scale of the epidemic, a TD said today.

Suicide problems 'need to be highlighted'

Every suicide should get the same level of media coverage as a road accident to bring home the scale of the epidemic, a TD said today.

There were 444 people who died by suicide in 2003, compared to 335 people who died in road accidents in the same year.

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