'I didn't know how to help my suicidal son'
'I didn't know how to help my suicidal son'
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'I didn't know how to help my suicidal son'

Peter Harris 🕒︎ 2025-10-30

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'I didn't know how to help my suicidal son'

A mother says she did not know where to get help for her son when he told her he was going to take his own life. James Mayne, from Stockton, was 20 years old when he died during lockdown following a break-up and the loss of his job. His mother Tracey Mayne said she remembers thinking her son needed help but she did not know how to find the specialist support he required. The government said it would expand mental health teams in schools and colleges in an effort to "curb one of this country's biggest killers" among young people.

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