Harry is joined by Professor Ann John, Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry at Swansea University Medical School, and one of the UK’s leading voices in suic*de and self-harm prevention.

Ann advises the Welsh Government, works with Public Health Wales, and has helped shape national standards and guidance that influence how suic*de prevention is approached across health, media, policy and workplaces.

In this grounded and insightful conversation, Harry and Ann explore why suic*de can’t be understood through single causes – and why prevention has to focus on systems, environments and opportunity, particularly for young people.

They discuss the online world, media reporting, gambling-related harm, and the growing role of AI in mental health – where evidence is emerging, but safeguards are still catching up.

They speak candidly about:

• Why suic*de risk is dynamic, not fixed

• How media reporting can increase or reduce harm

• Gambling-related harm and mental health

• AI, young people and missing safeguards

• Why prevention must go beyond individual resilience

This episode offers a clear, evidence-led look at what actually helps prevent harm – and what can unintentionally make things worse.

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