Suicide policies in Canada and beyond: What's working and what needs to change

Between 70 and 80 people take their own lives in Ottawa every year.
Dr. Simon Hatcher, a psychiatrist and researcher in clinical epidemiology at The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, said he believes it’s possible to reduce that number by 20 per cent within five years.
“It’s been done before. It’s not rocket science,” he says, pointing to the example of the Nuremberg model, a protocol first used in Germany which has now spread all over Europe and beyond. “I&