Jonny Benjamin: How mental health campaigner went from suicide attempt to MBE

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He escaped hospital intending to kill himself. A fresh diagnosis of schizophrenia and incessant questioning about whether he was gay made him feel suicidal. Now he's been made an MBE

Jonny Benjamin: How mental health campaigner went from suicide attempt to MBE

By: Peter Walker, May Bulman  @petejohn_walker   A man who tried to throw himself from a bridge in London after escaping hospital has been made an MBE. A 20-year-old Jonny Benjamin tried to take his own life on Waterloo Bridge while struggling to come to terms with a schizoaffective disorder diagnosis and being gay.  Nine years on, […]

William and Kate meet mental health campaigner and the man who stopped him jumping off Waterloo bridge

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Royals met man behind #FindMike - who tried to track down a passer-by who stopped him leaping to his death

William and Kate meet mental health campaigner and the man who stopped him jumping off Waterloo bridge

BY:SEBASTIAN MANN   The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge met a mental health campaigner and the man who saved him from taking his own life as they championed efforts to prevent suicide. Jonny Benjamin started the #FindMike search in 2014 to find an unknown passer-by who stopped him leaping to his death from Waterloo Bridge […]