Scotland Pledges Funds for Suicide Prevention

Douglas Rome writes, "Here is the horrifying truth about male suicide in Scotland. The "experts", of course, have no idea why suicide among men is so very many times higher than for women." With the suicide rate increasing 22% over the past 20 years, and the rate of male to female suicides at 3:1, the fact that this issue has been of such low priority for so long is appalling. Also shocking: "For men under 35 in Scotland, suicide is the biggest single cause of death and exceeds the number of accidental deaths"

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