Suicide researcher calls for intervention before crisis point

Suicide researcher calls for intervention before crisis point

Prof Ella Arensman said coping skills can be improved if people are helped at the right time.

People having a mental heath crisis need to be supported earlier in their journey before they reach crisis point, Ireland's leading suicide researcher has urged. 

Professor Ella Arensman, newly-appointed head of the School of Public Health at University College Cork and National Suicide Research Foundation chief scientist, said coping skills can be improved if people are helped at the right time.

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