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Siobhán O'Neill

26 Oct, 6 tweets, 4 min read

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1/ Prepping for tonight's @ViewFrmStormont on #MentalHealth & young people. As this report from #CoSpace study shows, most young people are doing v-well. Some groups appear to be at higher risk & the pandemic has amplified the effects of poverty.

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…

@suicideresearch

2/ but as this recent study by @suicideresearch shows, young people more likely to be impacted by loneliness & suicidal thoughts than older people.

cambridge.org/core/journals/…

3/ plus young people were more likely to lose their job & have their education disrupted, with young people in deprived areas being more disadvantaged. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-546624…

& in NI there has been a rise in referrals to social services. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe…

4/ It is vital that we continue to monitor the impact of the virus & restrictions on young people's mental health. We must listen to young people, and ensure that we do all we can to minimise the impact of the pandemic on their wellbeing and education.

5/ and I am just out from a zoom with a group of inspirational young women, #MentalHealthChampions, who are using their experience of tragedy and their resilience to help others. Our young people are amazing!

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1. The NI suicide rates are lower than we previously thought.

"Undetermined" deaths would traditionally have been included in the suicide statistics because they were viewed as probable suicides.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe…

2. Those included drug-related deaths and the Coroner and NISRA analysed these deaths in detail last year. It was decided that the majority of those deaths were not probable suicides, and were more likely to be accidents.

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