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Barbers enlisted to help combat male suicides

There were 153 suicide attempts in the City of London between October 2015 and October 2016

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The City of London plans to train barbers to help combat male suicide by teaching them to get customers to open up about mental health issues.

Barbers in the Square Mile will be trained to “talk to men about emotional health” as part of an initiative laid out by the City of London Corporation to reduce the number of men that take their own life each year.

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