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Around two Scots a day died by suicide in 2019, and that figure is expected to rise when the 2020 numbers are released in June. At the same time, increasing numbers of Scots continue suffer – and die – from addiction issues. The burning question – and a new hot political topic – is what can be done to reverse this trend? Each of these increased death rates is a tragic reminder of the state of the nation in terms of mental health. Calls for a complete change to the treatment model for mental illness in Scotland are now being amplified by experts, politicians and by those with lived experience of current mental health services. Most of the treatments are almost entirely focused around the dispensing of medication and various traditional talking therapies.