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| Wales unveils strategy on suicide | Wales unveils strategy on suicide |
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| Teachers and police officers will be trained to spot signs of mental health problems as part of a plan to reduce the suicide rate across Wales. | Teachers and police officers will be trained to spot signs of mental health problems as part of a plan to reduce the suicide rate across Wales. |
| A new national strategy is unconnected to the recent spate of apparent suicides in the Bridgend area. | |
| Relatives of some of the victims have complained it has taken too long for Wales to produce such a scheme. | Relatives of some of the victims have complained it has taken too long for Wales to produce such a scheme. |
| The Welsh Assembly government action plan is based on an Australian strategy which has been introduced in Scotland. | The Welsh Assembly government action plan is based on an Australian strategy which has been introduced in Scotland. |
| Frontline staff | Frontline staff |
| Staff working in schools, job centres, GP surgeries and police stations will be trained on how to recognise early signs of mental health problems. | Staff working in schools, job centres, GP surgeries and police stations will be trained on how to recognise early signs of mental health problems. |
| The Mental Health First Aid training programme has been running in some parts of Wales but will now be rolled out across the country. | The Mental Health First Aid training programme has been running in some parts of Wales but will now be rolled out across the country. |
| The Welsh Assembly government said almost three-quarters of those who commit suicide in Wales are unknown to mental health services in the year before they die. | The Welsh Assembly government said almost three-quarters of those who commit suicide in Wales are unknown to mental health services in the year before they die. |
| A spokesman for the government said: "A key objective of the action plan will be to raise awareness and understanding of mental health issues so that those at risk can be identified at an early stage and support provided earlier than has often been done in the past. | A spokesman for the government said: "A key objective of the action plan will be to raise awareness and understanding of mental health issues so that those at risk can be identified at an early stage and support provided earlier than has often been done in the past. |
| "Frontline staff in a wide range of workplaces working outside the mental health environment will frequently encounter people suffering from mental distress. | "Frontline staff in a wide range of workplaces working outside the mental health environment will frequently encounter people suffering from mental distress. |
| 'Raising awareness' | 'Raising awareness' |
| Mental health charity Mind Cymru said the project was not about turning people into "experts in mental health". | Mental health charity Mind Cymru said the project was not about turning people into "experts in mental health". |
| Policy officer Gareth Jones said: "It's just help, as you would with first aid. | Policy officer Gareth Jones said: "It's just help, as you would with first aid. |
| "We see rolling out this training across Wales as raising people's awareness of what mental health is." | "We see rolling out this training across Wales as raising people's awareness of what mental health is." |
| Some 23 young people from the Bridgend area have apparently taken their own lives since the beginning of 2007. | Some 23 young people from the Bridgend area have apparently taken their own lives since the beginning of 2007. |
| On average, about 300 people die through by suicide each year in Wales, a lower rate than in Scotland, but higher than England. | On average, about 300 people die through by suicide each year in Wales, a lower rate than in Scotland, but higher than England. |
| However, while suicide rates in Scotland have fallen they have remained roughly the same in Wales. | However, while suicide rates in Scotland have fallen they have remained roughly the same in Wales. |