Joanna Taylor (@seeds-of-happiness.bsky.social)

FOCUS: “Stigma is huge on the island” – Silence and shame hindering suicidal islanders from getting help The stigma around suicide and mental health remains so entrenched that many islanders have died in recent years without ever having reached out for help, new data has shown - with older men most likely to feel ostracised when they are vulnerable. Just 51% of those who died by suicide between 2019 and 2022 were in contact with mental health services – one of several new findings that have prompted renewed calls to overhaul the island’s approach to crisis care and support. https://www.bailiwickexpress.com/news/focus-stigma-is-huge-on-the-island-silence-and-shame-hindering-suicidal-islanders-from-getting-help/