Lynch: We need to look at suicide reporting guidelines

The Minister for Mental Health says the guidelines for reporting on suicide need to be strengthened.

Lynch: We need to look at suicide reporting guidelines

The Minister for Mental Health says the guidelines for reporting on suicide need to be strengthened.

Kathleen Lynch made the comments at the launch of Samaritans Ireland's Impact Report for 2012 which reveals a 3% increase in the number of calls to the helpline in the past year - one in six of them related to the recession, up from one in 10 in 2011.

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