It’s time to get to the root of this silent killer

HAVING marked Suicide Prevention Day a few weeks ago, we should not forget now that every year an average of 450 young people take their lives and in excess of 10,000 present at A&E having attempted to do so.

These are figures of epidemic magnitude, yet suicide remains a largely silent killer, afforded little attention by media or government.

Modern culture and society impose complex pressures on our young people and we must ask why so many of them are in such crisis that they decide to end their own lives.