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Breaking news, mental health blogger beth matthews dies after ingesting poison she ordered from russia.

A British mental health blogger and accomplished yachtswoman died at a secure psychiatric facility after she ingested a poisonous substance she bought from Russia — telling staff it was protein powder.

Beth Matthews, 26, was not supposed to open her mail at the Priory Cheadle Royal hospital in 2022 but did so after “inconsistencies” in her care, an inquest was told Monday, the Manchester Evening News reported .

Police coroner’s officer Claire Smith said Matthews’ phone revealed an order of the substance from Russia, as well as several visits to online forums discussing suicide methods.

The Cornwall woman — who competed in the Fastnet yacht race when she was just 15 years old — died March 21, 2022, while under the supervision of the psychiatric hospital’s staff.

She was being treated in a secure ward for a personality disorder after being detained under the Mental Health Act for “specialist therapy,” the Times of London reported .

Smith told the inquest at Stockport Coroner’s Court that police determined that Matthews ordered the unidentified substance herself and that there was no criminality involved in her death, the Evening News said.

Matthews collapsed after opening the package that she told the staff contained protein powder. She suffered cardiac arrest and was rushed to Wythenshawe Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, according to the report.

The woman had frequently accessed a website with thousands of threads discussing suicide methods, one of which involved swallowing a poisonous substance that she “had attempted to purchase from a number of sources,” Smith said, the BBC reported .

David Watts, the Priory’s head of risk and safety, said it was “impossible” to monitor patients’ web browsing on cellphones — and explained that while the unit’s Wi-Fi has a firewall, patients can access some websites via their 4G and 5G connections, which staff can’t control, the Manchester paper said.

Jurors were told, however, that Matthews was not supposed to be able to open her own mail.

Suzanne Barnard, the Priory’s investigations chief, said there had been an “inconsistent approach” to the delivery of Matthews’ care plan — with some staffers allowing her to open her mail while others did it for her.

She said there had been a “clear” instruction in the care plan that the woman should not open her mail.

“I could not find any evidence that there were other areas the care plan had not been followed,” Barnard reportedly said.

Dr. Sumanta Gupta, a consultant psychiatrist at the hospital, told the inquest he had not been informed of a claim Matthews made to the staff that it was “already done now” after a conversation about “things you can purchase that do the job.”

Gupta said that if he had known, he would have launched an immediate review of her care plan.

Assistant Coroner Andrew Bridgman told the jury that Matthews had “ingested a substance that came through the post, quite quickly became unwell [and] was taken urgently to hospital where she sadly died,” the Times of London reported.

Paramedic Kate Barnes said in a statement said that when she arrived, staffers told her that Matthews “had a parcel delivered to the unit, which she opened in front of them and managed to consume,” according to the outlet.

Barnes said she was told that patients were allowed to open their mail if supervised by staff.

The inquest heard that Matthews had suffered from mental health issues from an early age and was diagnosed with emotionally unstable personality disorder, the Times of London reported.

She was reportedly severely injured in a failed suicide attempt after jumping from a bridge in April 2019, according to the Manchester Evening News.

In a statement read during the hearing, Matthews’ mother, Jane, said her daughter was “an incredible character” who was “bright and vivacious” and “would light up the lives” of everyone she came across.

Matthews was “caring, intelligent and articulate,” loved sports and excelled at sailing.

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Mental health blogger, 26, who took her own life after taking poison she bought online from Russia while in hospital was neglected by the psychiatric unit treating her, inquest finds

• Beth Matthews was neglected by staff at the Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal 
• An inquest heard the 26-year-old collapsed in front of staff on March 21, 2022
• It was later found she had taken a toxic substance purchased online from Russia
• The court was told if her care plan was followed, she would not have ingested it

By Matthew Lodge For Mailonline and Ian Leonard

Published: 13:03 EDT, 19 January 2023 | Updated: 13:05 EDT, 19 January 2023

A mental health blogger who took her own life after ingesting poison she had bought online from Russia was neglected by the psychiatric unit treating her, an inquest has found.

Beth Matthews had been categorised as being at 'high risk' of suicide when she had the substance shipped to her on a psychiatric ward at the Priory Hospital, in Cheadle Royal, near Stockport.

The 26-year-old was being surpervised by two members of staff on March 21, 2022, when she opened a parcel containing a plastic bottle of the substance, despite orders she should not be allowed to open her own mail. 

She initially told staff it was 'protein powder' before ingesting it in front of them despite their efforts to stop her , after which she told them 'I'll be dead in an hour'. Ms Matthews suffered a fatal cardiac arrest the same day.

Beth Matthews, pictured here in her sailing gear on a yacht, ingested a poison she had bought online from Russia while in a psychiatric hospital

Ms Matthews, pictured left with her sister Lucy right, went into cardiac arrest after taking the substance on March 21, 2022, dying the same day

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A nine-day inquest found that 'neglect' by staff had contributed to her death, with The Priory Group admitting her care plan 'was not followed' and if it had she would likely 'not have ingested the substance, and would not have died as she did'.

The hearing was told the upcoming three-year of her previous suicide attempt, as well as a recent break-up with her long-term partner Matthew Parkinson, the possibility of being transferred back to Cornwall, and a looming tribunal to challenge her section, were all factors likely to have had a 'negative' impact on her mental health in the lead-up to her death.

Analysis of her mobile phone showed during her time at The Priory, Beth made 'frequent' internet searches relating to the substance she ingested, especially during the two-week period prior to her death, the Manchester Evening News reports.

She also accessed online forums discussing suicide, and told a mental health nurse just weeks before her death that 'there are things you can purchase that can do the job'.

When pressed, Beth told the carer 'it's already done now,' and refused to expand further on her comment. 

Mental health blogger, 26, who died 'after taking poison she bought from Russia frequently accessed website discussing suicide and methods while being treated in psychiatric hospital', inquest is told 

Beth's consultant at The Priory said this should have been raised with him but that she was on the highest risk level at the hospital already and as a result should not have been opening her own mail. 

A handover document completed by night shift staff for the day team stated: 'Staff must open parcels for EM [Elizabeth Matthews]. Risk of secreting items from parcels'.

Her care plan also contained a 'clear' instruction that she shouldn't be allowed to open her own mail, the jury heard.

Delivering a verdict of suicide contributed by neglect, the jury said it was evident 'serious inconsistencies' existed 'across all levels of management' at the hospital in relation to knowledge of Ms Matthews' care plan.

The jury noted a lack of communication, a failure to escalate serous risks practices, lack of team cohesion, reliance on inadequate and inaccurate information, in particular to post management.

'Evidence provided demonstrated frequent deviation from Priory policy and care plan guidance which contributed to an increase risk to Elizabeth Matthews,' they said.

The management of Ms Matthews' post was clearly outlined in her care plan and handover notes, they said, but staff had 'consistently failed' to recognise post management as a 'serious risk', resulting in 'inadequate care of a highly vulnerable patient'.

There was also 'failure' to escalate a conversation Ms Matthews had with a member staff about buying items to end her life, the jury said, so the clinical team could review her risk management.

The inquest heard from healthcare assistant Olivia Woodruff, designated 'security' for distributing mail to patients that day and one of those who tried to restrain Ms Matthews, who said she hadn't seen the handover document and 'nothing' was mentioned to her verbally.

She admitted to never having opened parcels with Ms Matthews before and 'didn't know' the correct procedure.

Ms Woodruff checked with ward manager Jonathan Heathcote who told her that Ms Matthews was a 'Level 2' patient - meaning she could only open parcels in front of two staff stood at arms' length.

Less than three weeks before her death Ms Matthews discussed ending her own life with nurse Leanne Williamson and purchasing something 'that can do the job'.

The incident happened while she was being treated at The Priory Group's Cheadle Royal Hospital (pictured)

But Ms Williamson did not escalate any risk concerns because she believed Ms Matthews would be 'safe' due to her care plan and she'd 'got used' to her conversations about death.

NHS patient Ms Matthews had been sectioned under the mental health and was transferred to the hospital's Fern Unit for specialist therapy in November 2021.

She carried out frequent internet searches relating the substance and had accessed a suicide website, which discussed methods and contained discussion threads about its use.

David Watts, director of risk and safety for the Priory Group which ran the hospital, told the inquest that warnings about the substance were given in staff bulletins in 2018 and 2020.

Suzanne Barnard, a former hospital director who investigated the tragedy, said there was an 'inconsistent approach' to the delivery of Ms Matthews' care plan - with some staff opening post for her and others allowing her to do it herself.

But the jury was told that police had ruled out any criminal charges over her death.

Ms Matthews, from the village of Menheniot near Liskeard in Cornwall, suffered mental health from an early age and was diagnosed with an emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD)

Following a failed suicide attempt in 2019, which left her with life-changing injuries, she acquired a large social media following by sharing her experiences on the blog Life Beyond the Ledge.

Yachtswoman and mental health blogger died after 'taking poison she had ordered online' while under supervision at a secure psychiatric hospital

She was also an accomplished yachtswoman, completing the Fastet race at the age of 15, and she described by her mother Jane Matthews as 'bright and vivacious' and 'highly intelligent with a quick sense of humour'.

Assistant coroner Andrew Bridgman passed on his condolences to Ms Matthew's family and noted that the hospital had since had made changes to its procedures since her death.

Her family said in a statement: 'We would like to thank the coroner, jury and our legal representatives Leigh Day for their diligence in ensuring there was a thorough investigation into Beth's death.

'The passing of Beth that day was wholly avoidable and her death was completely unnecessary. We have been tragically let down by the Priory, who we believed were providing a safe place for Beth and the care that she needed.

They added: 'Beth tried to help others through describing her own mental health experiences in a highly graphic but articulate way and by doing so was able to touch and help countless others. 

'We know for a fact that she saved at least one person through her social media presence. That is a huge legacy for a young lady to leave behind. 

'Beth gave a bright light of hope to people who were struggling to see any light at all.

'May she now rest in peace.'

The family's solicitor, Leigh Day clinical negligence partner Stephen Jones, said: 'This was a particularly upsetting inquest. 

'Beth's death came about because a very simple and straightforward instruction in her care plan, that staff should open parcels for her, was not followed. 

'Had the care plan been followed, Beth would not have died. 

'We hope that the jury's finding that Beth's death was contributed to by neglect will help shine a light on what happened and emphasise the need for improvements to be made.'

A spokesperson for the hospital: 'We want to extend our deepest condolences to Beth's family and friends for their loss. 

'Beth's attempts to overcome her mental health challenges had been an inspiration for many. Although unexpected deaths are extremely rare, we recognise that every loss of life in our care is a tragedy.'

'We fully accept the jury's findings and acknowledge that far greater attention should have been given to Beth's care plan. 

'At the time of Beth's unexpected death, we took immediate steps to address the issues around how we document risk and communicate patients' care plans, alongside our processes for receiving and opening post. 

'Patient safety is our utmost priority and we will now review the Coroner's comments in detail and make all necessary, additional changes to our policies and procedures.'

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How did Beth Matthews die? Mental health blogger 'took poison she ordered online' while hospitalized

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND: A skilled yachtswoman who became a beacon for mental health awareness reportedly died after ingesting a poisonous substance she ordered online while admitted to a psychiatric hospital.

Twenty six-year-old Beth Matthews is said to have told hospital staff that the substance was protein powder, an inquest at Manchester South coroner's court heard. The accomplished yachtswoman, who competed in the Fastnet race aged just 15, passed away shortly after taking the substance on March 21 last year. The Cornwall native was also a popular mental health blogger with a loyal following on social media, and was described in court as "bright and vivacious" with "incredible character."

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Paramedics were summoned after Matthews took the substance. She reportedly suffered a heart attack and was rushed to the hospital immediately. However, doctors at Wythenshawe hospital pronounced her dead shortly before 4 pm on March 21, 2022. The inquest heard how Matthews had been treated for personality disorder at the Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal, Heald Green, and had been undergoing specialist therapy after being detained under the Mental Health Act .

Less than 2 months apart.. #MentalHealthMatters pic.twitter.com/CAPNNa6o3J — Beth Matthews (@BethMatthewsz) August 1, 2021

She had reportedly suffered from mental health problems for most of her life, having attempted suicide and suffered severe, life-changing injuries in April 2019. Matthews subsequently began writing blogs about her own mental health journey and garnered thousands of followers on social media. Assistant Coroner Andrew Bridgeman told the jury that Matthews had "ingested a substance that came through the post, quite quickly became unwell [and] was taken urgently to hospital where she sadly died."  

Our TV piece on the death of Beth Matthews (cut slightly shorter for Twitter). pic.twitter.com/9LbagjJX82 — Tony Smith (@TonyNewsCamera) January 9, 2023

Kate Barnes, one of the paramedics who responded to the incident, detailed the response in a statement to the inquest. She said hospital staff told her that Matthew had had a "parcel delivered to the unit, which she opened in front of them and managed to consume." Inside the parcel, they said, was a "small plastic, screw-top container." Matthews reportedly told the staff that the container contained protein powder and proceeded to swallow "an unknown amount" of the substance. Staff also told Barnes that the package had "foreign writing" on it and had been purchased on the internet.

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Matthew's heartbroken mother Jane paid tribute to her daughter in court, describing her as "bright and vivacious" with "an incredible character." She gushed about how her daughter would "light up the lives" of those she met. The proud mother also detailed how Beth had been able to help those who had reached out to her after stumbling upon her blog, describing her as "caring, intelligent, and articulate." She also noted that her daughter loved sports and excelled at sailing. That said, the inquest continues and is expected to conclude next week, the BBC reported.

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Teen tragically takes her own life after swallowing poison she ordered online

By Asiya Ali

A teenager tragically lost their life after swallowing a poison she ordered online from Ukraine.

Sophia Gurung suddenly collapsed and died on July 26, 2023, while at her family home in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, according to a report by Daily Mail .

A police investigation into the 16-year-old's death revealed that the teen "ingested" a deadly chemical she ordered online and had delivered to her home address.

The poison has been connected to more than 130 UK deaths since 2019, according to scientist Professor Amrita Ahluwalia, per the outlet.

Sophia attended private Queen Anne's School in Reading, Berkshire.

The teen's father, Nishan Gurung, disclosed in a police statement that he woke up in the middle of the night to the "sounds of Sophia in clear distress, struggling to breathe," per Daily Mail.

Nishan and Sophia's mum rushed to her bedroom where they found their daughter "lying in bed in a straight line, with her eyes closed, and breathing short breaths".

He tried to wake her up but his efforts were in vain so he called 999 and performed CPR until paramedics arrived. The young girl was then rushed to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford where she was sadly pronounced dead at 2.18AM.

A first post-mortem examination showed that there were no external signs of injury, and the cause of death remained uncertain until it was discovered that Sophia had swallowed lethal poison.

A toxicological examination also demonstrated that there were high levels of toxin present in her body before her tragic death.

Coroner Mr Salter spoke about the investigation into Sophia's passing, revealing that the drug "appeared to have been ordered to the address, with the parcel thought to have originated from Ukraine," per the outlet.

"During a search of Sophia's bedroom, conducted with her parents' consent, a package of white powder was located in Sophia's personal handbag, which was wrapped in polystyrene," they said. "It appears Sophia has ordered and received this package and has ingested its content."

The coroner also shared that the student "suffered from low mood and some suicidal thoughts" during her time in school and had been seen by her local GP, whom she spoke to weekly.

Furthermore, the inquest heard that at the end of June 2023, the teen sat her final GCSE exam and felt relaxed and positive about her results. She also opened up to her counselor about her plans for the summer term.

However, the police investigation later revealed that Sophia had already ordered the fatal chemical, which she received in a parcel at her home on June 30.

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Yachtswoman blogger died after taking poison she had ordered online.

An accomplished yachtswoman and mental health blogger has died after taking a poisonous substance she ordered on the internet, an inquest has heard.

Beth Matthews, 26, told staff at a secure psychiatric hospital that the substance was protein powder, the inquest at Manchester South coroner's court heard.

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Hospital run by Priory let patient age 26 order suicide poison online

A ‘BRIGHT and vivacious’ mental health blogger and yachtswoman took her own life at a Priory-run hospital due to ‘neglect’ by staff, an inquest has found.

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  An accomplished yachtswoman and mental health blogger died after taking a poisonous substance she ordered on the internet while at a secure psychiatric hospital, an inquest has heard.

  Beth Matthews, 26, told staff at the hospital that the substance was protein powder, the inquest at Manchester South coroner’s court heard.

  Matthews, who had competed in the Fastnet race aged just 15, died shortly after taking the substance on March 21 last year.

  The talented yachtswoman from Cornwall was also a mental health blogger with thousands of followers on social media. She was described in court as ‘bright and vivacious’ with an ‘incredible character’.

  

  Matthews, who had competed in the Fastnet race aged just 15, died shortly after taking the substance on March 21 last year. Pictured: Beth Matthews and boyfriend Matt Parkinson

  After Matthews had taken the substance, paramedics were called. She suffered a cardiac arrest and was immediately taken to hospital.

  Matthews was pronounced dead at Wythenshawe hospital shortly before 4pm. 

  Matthews had been treated for personality disorder at the Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal, Heald Green, just outside of Manchester. She had been undergoing specialist therapy after being detained under the Mental Health Act.

  The court also heard that she had suffered from mental health problems for much of her life.

  In April 2019, she attempted suicide and suffered severe, life-changing injuries.

  It was after this that Matthews began writing blogs about her own mental health journey, gaining a loyal following on social media. 

  Andrew Bridgeman, the assistant coroner, told the jury hearing the case that Matthews had ‘ingested a substance that came through the post, quite quickly became unwell [and] was taken urgently to hospital where she sadly died.’

  Paramedic Kate Barnes made a statement to the inquest in which she detailed the emergency response in March last year.

  She said that staff at the psychiatric hospital told her that Matthews had had a ‘parcel delivered to the unit, which she opened in front of them and managed to consume’. The paramedic said that inside the parcel was ‘a small plastic, screw-top container’.

  The coroner’s inquest heard that Matthews told the staff that the container contained protein powder.

  The inquest heard that the package had ‘foreign writing’ on it and that it had been purchased online.

  Matthew’s mother, Jane, made a statement to the court in which she paid tribute to her daughter. She described her as ‘bright and vivacious’ with ‘an incredible character’. Jane Matthews said her daughter would ‘light up the lives’ of those she met.

  Jane Matthews detailed how her daughter had been able to help those who had reached out to her after reading her blog, and described her as ‘caring, intelligent and articulate’.

  Matthews had loved sport and was a talented sailor, her mother added.

  The inquest is expected to finish by next week. 

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  Young people are poisoning themselves at alarming rates with over-the-counter drugs

  There’s been a dramatic uptick in self-poisonings, particularly among girls and young women. There are ways to help.

  by Brian Resnick

  

  In May, the journal Pediatrics published some alarming data : In the past decade, there has been a dramatic rise in the number of teens attempting to kill themselves with poison. The trend has been largely driven by increases in poisoning attempts by girls and young women.

  Overall, the study, which drew from poison control center reports, estimated that in 2018, close to 60,000 girls ages 10 to 18 tried to poison themselves, twice as many as in 2008. Those figures were pulled from a larger dataset of more than a million self-poisonings recorded in people ages 10 to 25 years old between 2000 and 2018. Around 70 percent of those cases were girls and women.

  

  In general, suicide attempts by poisoning are fatal less than 5 percent of the time. But a poisoning attempt is still a traumatic experience. And the growing occurrence, especially among young girls, is troubling.

  Now, a new study from the same researchers, published in Clinical Toxicology, has analyzed the substances most commonly used in those poisonings.

  If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or self-harm, or is anxious, depressed, upset, or needs to talk, there are people who want to help.

  Crisis Text Line : Text CRISIS to 741741 for free, confidential crisis counseling The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline : 1-800-273-8255 The Trevor Project : 1-866-488-7386

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  What they found was that the most common poisons were over-the-counter drugs, like Tylenol or Advil (or generic versions of these drugs). Out of 1,677,435 cases of self-poisonings of people ages 10 to 25 from 2000 to 2018, 27.5 percent involved over-the-counter pain medications. Again, women and girls accounted for the vast majority of these poisoning cases.

  Opioids were involved in just 4 percent of the cases, and their use in poisonings has been decreasing in recent years. Perhaps that’s because of the increased public awareness of their dangers, leading to better storage and efforts to reduce prescribing them. Household cleaners were only implicated in 1.8 percent of the cases.

  Over-the-counter pain medicines were involved in 27.5 percent of the cases overall. But when the researchers looked at just “serious outcomes” — this includes needing medical treatment, or symptoms that don’t resolve quickly, or death — over the counter pain medicines were involved in 37.3 percent of the cases. There’s an important conclusion here: Over-the-counter medicines, when taken inappropriately, can be more dangerous than many might think.

  

  “Some of the more commonly accessible medicines were able to produce some of the most serious outcomes among young people,” John Ackerman, a study co-author and Suicide Prevention Coordinator at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, says.

  The study results are good reminder: Parents should talk to their kids “about the access they might have to the medications of friends and family,” Ackerman says. And they should “ask about mental health and thoughts of suicide, [and] whether they are having an emotional crisis.”

  Researchers are unsure what’s driving these trends

  It’s not just poisonings. Data, across the board, shows that more and more teens are experiencing mental distress.

  Between 2009 and 2017, the number of high schoolers who contemplated suicide reportedly increased by 25 percent. Deaths by suicide among teens increased by 33 percent in that time period as well. Suicide is now the second-leading cause of death among teens, after accidents (traffic, poisoning, drowning, etc.).

  Let me stress that teen suicide deaths are still rare; just 10 out of 100,000 teens ages 15 through 19 die this way. But even a single death is one too many. And all the attempts, anguish, and depression that can lead to it needs to be dealt with, too.

  While adolescent girls tend to poison themselves in suicide attempts more often than adolescent boys, boys tend to turn to more lethal means, like firearms. The result is that while girls attempt to take their lives more often, boys die in higher numbers.

  

  Experts are unsure of the exact cause of these unsettling trends: Hypotheses include stressful fallout from the recession, the changing way teens interact with each other in digital spaces, increasing social isolation, stressors of the opioid crisis trickling down to kids, suicide contagion, the fact that teens can more easily look up how to kill themselves online, and others. There does not seem to be one single cause, though the trend does seem to have started around 2011.

  • Teens are increasingly depressed, anxious, and suicidal. How can we help?

  “The reason why we don’t know why kids are doing this is because suicide isn’t a single diagnosis; it’s an outcome that many, many paths can lead to,” Mitch Prinstein, the director of clinical psychology at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill , told me in April.

  Regardless, just because the causes of the trends are unknown doesn’t mean we’re powerless to help.

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  For parents of troubled teens — or perhaps just parents in general — one consideration is whether medicines in the home should be locked up. It’s tricky, Ackerman says, because allowing some kids to manage their medicine use can be an important developmental milestone. Kids need to learn how to safely manage their own medication eventually.

  “There needs to be a developmental path for a young person to take ownership of their medication use,” he says. “I’m not saying ‘lock it up’ until they’re 18, no matter what. But treat it like a driving privilege, or something that carries significant responsibility. It needs to be taught, practiced, and earned over time. Until a parent is confident that the child can manage their medication use, it should be stored and locked.”

  Worried about a child or teen’s mental well-being? Here are some online resources to learn more about symptoms, treatment strategies, and how to help.

  • Effective Child Therapy is a resource from the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. The website has information on the emotional concerns, symptoms, and disorders that commonly impact teens (divorce, bullying, body image, anxiety, depression, and more) — and the evidence-based therapies that can help.
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  • The Crisis Text Line is a text messaging-based service for people enduring “any type of crisis.” And the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a phone-based service.

  The researchers say there aren’t great guidelines around how families should deal with keeping kids away from over-the-counter drugs or prescriptions that belong to other family members. “We have guidelines if you have opiates in your house,” Henry Spiller, director of the Central Ohio Poison Center and a study co-author, says. But, he adds, there really isn’t anything addressing how to store blood pressure medicine, for example, or what to do with the family’s stash of ibuprofen.

  Ackerman suggests one commonsense idea is to not let kids have access to any bottle that contains hundreds of pills; use smaller ones that contain just a few.

  Research also indicates it would be helpful to change how certain over-the-counter drugs are packaged. In the UK, when a popular over-the-counter painkiller was repackaged in blister packs (where pills have to be popped out one by one) instead of bottles (which make it easy to pour out many pills at once), it resulted in fewer overdose deaths from that drug .

  “Most of the time when you add time between an intense suicidal crisis and an access to means, you’re going to show a reduction in suicidal behavior,” Ackerman says. It simply takes longer to open blister packs. And time can save lives.

  Among teens, the new study also finds that self-poisonings seem to be more prevalent during the school year, and the risks seem to be greater in rural areas than urban areas.

  The new study is also a reminder: Our mental health care system doesn’t do a great job reaching everyone in need. Training more teachers and school staff to spot the signs of suicide among teens could help as well. And there are some clinicians trying to innovate with web-based therapies (you can read more about those ). But this new data, again, underscores there’s a mental health crisis unfurling.

  “Based on the sheer numbers, you don’t have enough psychologists, social workers, counselors, other therapists, to actually physically address the need that is clearly out there,” Ackerman said in a previous conversation. “Even if you had everyone in the mental health workforce dealing with treating suicide and life-threatening behaviors, you would not be able to fully address the need.”

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  Dee Caffari is poised to become the new heroine of British sailing. She is attempting one of the last great global challenges. No other woman has single-handedly, circumnavigated the earth "the wrong way" before. But, heading from east to west, the former teacher from Devon will this week cross the halfway point in her bid to accomplish that feat.

  Currently in the southern Pacific Ocean, her nearest landmass is Antarctica and her closest neighbours are William McArthur and Valery Tokarev - astronauts on the international space station, 230 miles above her head.

  Interest in the exploits of Britain's seaborne adventurers is at an all-time high after the heroics of Olympic rower Cracknell and television presenter Fogle. It took them 50 days to travel almost 3,000 miles. Ms Caffari has already been alone at sea for 10 weeks in her attempt to cover 26,000 miles of a voyage that is doubly difficult because it involves sailing against currents and into massive waves all the way round the world.

  She has survived tropical cyclones, collided with an iceberg, encountered whales, surfed 40ft waves and overcome technical failure that threatened to abort her mission. But she is still going.

  As she prepared to celebrate her 33rd birthday tomorrow, she spoke for the first time about the physical and emotional turmoil she has just been through.

  In a telephone interview with The Independent on Sunday yesterday, she described a "life or death" moment amid a ferocious storm. She was in such a rush to get on deck to control her yacht Aviva's sails that she forgot to put on her harness. Had she fallen overboard, she might have lived just long enough to see Aviva sail away from her before she was overcome by hypothermia.

  Speaking via satellite link, she said: "The boat had tacked itself, with lines stressing the rigging the wrong way and lots of flogging. I reacted spontaneously and rushed up on deck. The scene of carnage took my breath away. The waves were huge and the boat was on its side with one deck in the water. It wasn't until I was in the middle of sorting it out that I realised I wasn't even clipped on."

  It is a tale that would make Ms Caffari's family and her boyfriend, Harry Spedding, shudder. "There are times I'm incredibly nervous about her. But I'm obviously extremely proud," said Mr Spedding. "I'm a great believer that if anyone can do it, she can."

  It is a sentiment shared by a growing fan club around the world. Ms Caffari's courage is attracting hundreds of messages of support on her website.

  The halfway mark of the perilous trip should be passed this week, giving her a huge psychological boost.

  This journey is known as the "impossible voyage" for good reason. So why do it? "Because it is a last 'first'," she said. "I may not be able to enjoy being the fastest woman to sail the wrong way solo round the world for ever, but I'll always be the first.

  "I have days when I'm so tired that I scream with frustration. I grab 30 to 45 minutes of sleep when I can. I should be dehydrated with all the tears I've shed. I try to keep my sense of humour as otherwise I could seriously lose the plot and go crazy."

  The one person constantly in her thoughts is her late father, who introduced her to sailing. He died six years ago and his ashes were scattered at sea. "I talk to him out here and feel he's out here with me."

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  These 13 women have all achieved excellence as sailors, accomplishing astonishing feats of bravery, stamina and skill at the helm.

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  Dame Ellen MacArthur “Courage is not having the energy to go on, it’s going on when you do not have the energy.”

  Dame Ellen MacArthur broke the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe, completing the 27,354 nautical mile trip in 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes and 33 seconds. She beat the previous record by one day, eight hours, 35 minutes and 49 seconds.

  The retired British sailor loved life on the water from a young age and has previously competed in the Mini Transat solo transatlantic race and the Vendee Globe solo round-the-world sailing race.

  Since then, Ellen has launched two charities, the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation .

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  Shirley Robertson, MBE and OBE

  This Scottish sailor made it into the history books when she became the first British woman to win two Olympic gold medals at two consecutive Olympic games, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 competing in the Yngling class. She went on to be named female World Sailor of the Year by the International Sailing Federation and was awarded an MBE in 2000 and an OBE in 2005.

  Shirley worked hard to raise the profile of the sport, presenting and producing CNN’s Mainsail programme and as a BBC Olympic sailing commentator in Weymouth during the London 2012 Olympics. She is also the only woman to take the helm on the superyacht circuit steering the stunning 45-metre Salperton in three regattas in the Caribbean and Sardina.

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  Dame Naomi James “What I did was completely different. Ellen is a professional racer; I was an adventurer.”

  Dame Naomi James was the first woman to sail single-handed around the world via Cape Horn. She left Dartmouth in Devon on 9 September 1977 and returned 272 days later on 8 June 1978.

  New Zealand-born Naomi was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1979 in recognition of her achievements.

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  Tracy Edwards

  

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  Tracy Edwards , MBE, entered her first Whitbread Round the World race at the age of 23. She made history by leading the first all-female crew to the finish line of the Whitbread Round the World Race on board Maiden in the 89-90 race. Her 12 crew won two legs and finished second in its class, the best performances in the race by a British boat since 1977. Edwards is currently busy restoring her beloved Maiden to her former glory.

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  Clare Francis

  

  Clare Francis, MBE, was working in marketing when she decided to sail singlehandedly across the Atlantic in 1973.  A year later she took part in the Round Britain Race with Eve Bonham, finishing in third place. The high achiever went on to be the first woman to skipper a yacht in the 1977-1978 Whitbread Round the World Race. She and her Swan 65 finished in 5th place. To add to her impressive achievements, the former yachtswoman is now an international bestselling author with 12 fiction novels under her belt and four non fiction. She is also a trustee of the charity Action for M.E., which raises money and awareness for sufferers of chronic fatigue syndrome.

  Laura Dekker “There were moments where I was like, ‘What the hell am I doing out here?,’ but I never wanted to stop.”

  At the age of 13, Laura Dekker announced she wanted to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe single-handedly, prompting the Guinness World Records to stop recognising records for “youngest” sailors.

  The Dutch authorities objected to her plans and she fought a 10-month court battle to follow her dream. She eventually persuaded judges to allow her departure after agreeing to upgrade to a bigger boat with better navigation equipment, undertake training in first aid and learn how to cope with sleep deprivation.

  In August 2010, she set sail on her epic journey onboard her two-masted ketch and arrived, 5,600 nautical miles later, at Simpson Bay on St Maarten in January 2012 – breaking the world record. She was only 16 years and four months of age.

  Jeanne Socrates “I’m not really an armchair and slippers person.”

  In 2013, British sailor Jeanne Socrates became the oldest woman to sail solo round the world non-stop. This was the 70-year-old’s third attempt to complete the 25,000-mile circumnavigation on her 38ft yacht Nereida.

  After 259 days at sea, Jeanne returned triumphant back to British shores. Earlier this year she was awarded with the Cruising Club of America’s Blue Water Medal following her successful voyage.

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  Pippa Wilson, MBE

  Pippa Wilson continues to be one of the UK’s best female sailors. She won a gold medal in the Yngling sailing class at the 2008 Beijing Olympics along with Sarah Webb and Sarah Ayton, gold in two World Championships and gold in one European Championships.

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  Sarah Ayton, OBE

  Olympic gold medallist Sarah Ayton is another of the UK’s most successful British female sailors. With two Olympic gold medals under her belt, along with two gold World Championship medals and one gold European Championship medal.

  Sarah won an Olympic gold medal alongside Shirley Robertson and Sarah Gosling in the Yngling sailing class in 2004, and again in 2008 with Pippa Wilson and Sarah Gosling.

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  Sarah Gosling, OBE

  This Olympian is another of Britain’s great female sailors, having won two Olympic gold medals, two gold World Championship medals and one gold European Championship medal.

  Sarah won all her medals in the Yngling sailing class alongside Shirley Robertson, Pippa Wilson and Sarah Ayton. Already an MBE, Sarah was awarded an OBE in the 2009 New Year Honours list.

  

  Denise “Dee” Caffari, MBE

  Record-setting Dee Caffari came to sailing relatively late after spending five years as a physical education teacher. In 2006, Caffari became the first woman to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe against prevailing winds and currents after 178 days at sea, having started in late 2005.

  Just under three years later, in February 2009, Dee Caffari completed the Vendee Globe race, setting a new record and becoming the first woman to sail around the world in both directions.

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  Kay Cottee, AO 

  Awarded the Order of Australia, Cottee was the first woman to successfully complete a solo, non-stop, unassisted circumnavigation of the globe. Cottee achieved the feat in 1988 in her 11m yacht Blackmores First Lady, and she did it in just 189 days.

  Cottee established the trip that is routinely tried by sailors chasing speed records and completed it alone, without stopping and without assistance. She was even washed overboard when her yacht capsized in 20 foot waves. Her achievement is as impressive as it is daunting to imagine, and fortunately she didn’t celebrate the achievement alone: nearly 100,000 Australians were awaiting her in Sydney Harbour when she returned.

  Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz

  And last, but certainly not least, the first woman to circumnavigate the globe is also a sea captain and shipbuilding engineer. Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz set off on February 28, 1976 from the Canary Islands on her own in her 10m yacht Mazurek, returning 401 days later on April 21, 1978.

  The Polish sailor has been called the “First Lady of the Oceans” and was inducted into the elite Explorers Club in New York. She narrowly beat New Zealander Naomi James (above) who completed her own circumnavigation on June 8, 1978.