If you, or someone you care for, are experiencing any kind of mental health crisis it is important to seek help quickly. Please see the Out of Hours/Crisis Help section of this site.

Advice

• Mind
  
  The UK’s leading mental health charity offers the following advice:
  
  
  • How to help someone who is suicidal
  • The effect of suicide on others
  • Suicide factsheet

Research & Press Articles

• Richard Mellanby conducted the initial research into veterinary suicide and has recently secured funding to do further research. He can be contacted at rmellanb@staffmail.ed.ac.uk.
  
  
• A Powerpoint presentation – delivered to the Federation of European Vets in 2006 –looked at the research available and suggested some underlying causes of depression and suicide in the profession.
  
  
• Dealing with Suicide in A Practice.

Support Groups

• PAPYRUS (Parents Association for the Prevention of Young Suicide)
  
  Rossendale GH
  Union road
  Rawtenstale
  Lancashire BB4 6NE
  Tel: 01706 214 449
  Email: admin@papyrus-uk.org
  Website: www.papyrus-uk.org
  
  
• HOPELineUK: Advice and information for parents, carers, teachers, professionals and friends of young people at risk of suicide.
  Tel: 0870 170 4000 (7-10pm Mon to Fri and 2-5pm Sat and Sun), answerphone at other times.
  
  
• Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide
  
  Centre 88
  Saner Street
  Hull
  Humberside HU3 2TR
  Tel: 0870 241 3337
  Email: sobs.support@care4free.net
  Website: www.uk-sobs.org.uk