Dyin For Help: Golden Gate Bridge

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Dying for Help

Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 10 PM ET/PT on CBC News Network    Sunday, January 13, 2019 at 10 PM ET/PT on CBC News Network

Episode only available in Canada.

Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 50 in the UK – causing more deaths in this group than car accidents, and even more than cancer. This means that the most likely thing to kill Dr. Alexander Van Tulleken is himself. And he wants to know why.
In Dying for Help, Dr. Van Tulleken reveals why people develop suicidal thoughts, and what can be done to help them. The film speaks with suicide attempt survivors, parents, and doctors and researchers working in suicide prevention, and explores the interventions which aim to save people’s lives.

The Passionate Eye

Dying For Help: Golden Gate Bridge (short)

00:00 01:20

For decades, researchers have tried to accurately predict who will die by suicide. Dying for Help shows how a powerful new technique, using algorithms, can predict a suicide death with up to 90% accuracy up to 2 years before it happens. The film explores physical solutions such as safety nets on bridges which can give emergency services time to intervene. It also tells the story of a group of doctors in Detroit whose prevention program in patients at the Henry Ford Health System reduced suicides to zero.
If you are in a crisis, call 1-833-456-4566, available 24/7, or visit Crisis Services Canada for text or chat options.