Hongkonger Alan Chan Hei-lun, 43, has been struggling silently with his mental health for the past eight years. His world was shattered in 2017 when a sudden stroke while playing football left his left side paralysed, driving him to attempt to end his life in hospital. Discharged into a harsh new reality, his fight continued…
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Two years ago, a mother in Hong Kong was accused of suffocating her three children in their home in Sham Shui Po. Police said they found blood stains on a pillow and in the mouth and nose of one of the girls. The mother was arrested after she and her brother alerted the force. Last…
Hong Kong recorded 1,138 suicides last year, the highest number since 2003, with the rate for men aged 30 to 49 jumping sharply in a 12-month period, an NGO said on Saturday. The Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong released the findings of its analysis of the Coroner’s Court’s data, which showed a 4 per cent rise…
At least 15 students in Hong Kong are suspected to have died by suicide in the first five months of this year, according to the Post’s calculations, with the figure equivalent to about half of the total recorded in 2024. Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin is set to discuss student mental health and support…
Suicide rates in Northern Ireland are three times higher in the most deprived areas compared with the least deprived, a new report has found. The report, by the Samaritans, found that the self-harm rate in Northern Ireland is 64% higher than in the Republic of Ireland, with the largest disparity among men, where rates are…