Medical economics
Suicide rates have risen steadily for black girls and women
Suicide rates for Black women and girls ages 15 to 24 have more than doubled over the past two decades, a new report finds.
Dec 8, 2023
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News tagged with suicide rates
Addiction
Increase in child suicide linked to the nation's opioid crisis
The rise in child suicides in the U.S. since 2010 was fueled in part by the nation's opioid crisis, which previous studies found increased rates of child neglect and altered household living arrangements, according to a new ...
Dec 4, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Inflammation and loss of protective mechanisms in the brain linked to suicide risk
A first-of-its-kind study has identified overactive inflammation and loss of critical protection mechanisms in the brain as potential contributors to suicide risk.
Nov 14, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Firearm-related suicide data reveals elevated risk in younger teens and in states with lax firearm laws
A new study from researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine found that age-related patterns in firearm-related suicide have remained remarkably stable over decades—with the disturbing exception of accelerating rates ...
Nov 8, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Suicide rates jumped after extreme drought in the Murray-Darling Basin, researchers find
The impact on mental health of weather extremes such as drought is a growing concern due to climate change.
Oct 5, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New research finds air pollution from wildfire smoke increases suicide risk in rural counties
Air pollution poses well-established risks to physical health, but an emerging body of research says that it may also have adverse effects on mental health. New research co-written by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ...
Sep 11, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Integrated suicide prevention program sees deaths reduced by more than a fifth
Researchers in York and the Netherlands have co-designed an integrated suicide prevention program that has led to a significant reduction in deaths.
Sep 11, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New guidance to support NHS staff after the suicide of a colleague
Researchers from the University of Surrey, University of Birmingham, and Keele University gathered evidence and data over the course of two years, as part of a study which has informed a robust set of new evidence-based postvention ...
Aug 31, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Suicides among U.S. veterans jumped 10-fold in decades after 9/11
Suicide has become an urgent issue among American military veterans, with rates increasing by more than 10 times in nearly two decades, a new study reveals.
Aug 29, 2023
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Health
Heavy drinking, handgun-carrying linked among rural youth
In the rural United States, an adolescent who drinks heavily has a 43% greater probability of carrying a handgun in the following year, according to a study published in The Journal of Rural Health.
Aug 23, 2023
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