Scotland must do more to protect our young people with training in schools to prevent suicide

After losing her 21-year-old son Lewis to suicide, Sharon Johnstone turned her grief into action by founding a charity to help young people struggling with their mental health – but she says vital prevention work is being left to survive on goodwill and donations.


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