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Minister Urges Action as Youth Suicide Rates Spark Outcry

11/14/2025

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Tom Arthur, the Scottish Mental Wellbeing Minister, expressed condolences to Ruth Moss after her daughter Sophie died by suicide at age 13.
Arthur noted Scotland's suicide rate is at its lowest since 2017 and called for continued prevention of youth suicides.
Ruth Moss criticized the government for not being "horrified" by high youth suicide figures and backed the Record's Save Young Lives campaign.

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Tom Arthur, the Scottish Mental Wellbeing Minister, expressed condolences to Ruth Moss after her daughter Sophie died by suicide at age 13.
Arthur noted Scotland's suicide rate is at its lowest since 2017 and called for continued prevention of youth suicides.
Ruth Moss criticized the government for not being "horrified" by high youth suicide figures and backed the Record's Save Young Lives campaign.