We need to talk about suicide prevention: Conservative MP Albrecht

It’s hard to separate suicide prevention efforts from mental health promotion. The great majority of suicides are due, at least in some part, to mental illness. Mental illness remains one of the last unreasonable taboos in our society. 

I’m often credited with writing Canada’s first national suicide prevention strategy. This is 100 per cent false.

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