A conversation on suicide prevention | Poison bonus Ep.

Why does suicide occur? Why is there still a stigma around it? And how can we work to prevent people from taking their own lives?

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Guest: Professor Rory O'Connor, Professor of Health Psychology at the University of Glasgow.
Author of 'When It Is Darkest: Why People Die by Suicide and What We Can Do to Prevent It'

Host: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times.

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