According to a report from the European Child Safety Alliance, Ireland has the region’s highest rate of suicide among young women. There are 2.09 cases in every 100,000 deaths among females under the age of 19. As if this isn’t disturbing enough, Ireland also has the second highest rate of suicides among boys and young men, at 5.12 cases per 100,000 deaths.

All Resources have just launched a new book ‘Suicide is Never the Answer’. The main aim of the book is to provide people with information to help them prevent a suicide. It is important to remember that, when dealing with a suicidal person, the immediate suicidal impulse will pass even though the depressed state may linger for weeks or months or even longer. So if you can be there at that moment when a young person feels all hope is lost, if you can talk to them for just one minute, the suicidal impulse will pass. You will have gained valuable time to get help for the young person and you will be able to put a plan in place to help them get better.

We all need to reach out to help young people in crisis. The more we know about suicide, the more we can do to prevent it.