Why does suicide occur? Why is there still a stigma around it? And how can we work to prevent people from taking their own lives? 

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Guest: Professor Rory O'Connor, Professor of Health Psychology at the University of Glasgow. 

Author of 'When It Is Darkest: Why People Die by Suicide and What We Can Do to Prevent It' 

Host: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times. 

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