Promoting awareness of the dangers of antidepressants
28-year-old teaching assistant Joanne Norris (left) was a month away from giving birth to her second child when she drove from Clacton to Witham railway station (above) on March 16th last year after an outing with her husband and Continue reading Failure to Warn
Beneath the headline Falling through the Gaps, yesterday’s Guardian related the story of Martin Strain (above), who took his life last August at the age of 34. Martin had attempted suicide in 2007 after having been made redundant. The Continue reading Falling through the Gaps
Yet again, I find myself writing about the tragic self-inflicted death of a child that that is linked to, and in all probability induced by, the taking of antidepressants. 15-year-old Jade Kosanlavit (above) was a talented and hardworking schoolgirl who, Continue reading Jade, aged 15
Today is the 25th anniversary of the death of Del Shannon (above), who died on February 8th 1990 at the age of 55. Del was a singer-songwriter whose career took off in spectacular fashion with the release of the song Continue reading Remembering Del Shannon
17-year-old Kesia Leatherbarrow took her life a day after spending 48 hours in custody in a Greater Manchester police station. Kesia, described as intelligent and an extremely talented musician, had been arrested on 30 November 2013 after she broke a window Continue reading Kesia, aged 17
Last Friday, the Mirror published the disturbing report of a tragedy that happened in the Accident & Emergency (A&E) Department of the Royal Blackburn Hospital (top) in Lancashire. 42-year-old Jackie Williams (right), a former care worker and mother to three Continue reading First do no harm – then keep from harm