Suicide rates have increased dramatically among African Americans
The news is horrifying—a list that seems to keep growing of high-profile African Americans believed to have died by suicide in the last few weeks:
Feb 3, 2022
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The news is horrifying—a list that seems to keep growing of high-profile African Americans believed to have died by suicide in the last few weeks:
Feb 3, 2022
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No matter the merriment of the season, the holidays remain a struggle for those who have lost a loved one to suicide.
Dec 20, 2021
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A new report led by University of Bristol academics has identified that 108 young people in England died under circumstances that were assessed as highly or moderately likely to be due to suicide between 2019 and 2020. The ...
Oct 14, 2021
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin expressed deep concern about suicide among troops during a visit to U.S. forces stationed in Alaska, where there has been an alarming spike in those deaths.
Jul 26, 2021
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High rates of firearm fatalities in the U.S. are principally due to elevated rates of homicide among black, non-Hispanic and Hispanic males age 20-40 years and suicide among white, non-Hispanic males age 70-85+, according ...
Apr 27, 2019
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A new report from the ASU Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety and the Arizona Violent Death Reporting System details suicides in Arizona, examining the characteristics of the victims and the circumstances ...
Oct 11, 2018
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Chronic pain may be an important contributor to suicide. Nearly 9 percent of people who died by suicide in 18 states from 2003 to 2014 had documentation of chronic pain in their incident records. Findings from the National ...
Sep 10, 2018
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In addition to focusing on curing or prolonging the life of patients with cancer, it is important to also address mental health aspects of cancer care, especially because there is an elevated incidence of death by suicide ...
Jul 18, 2018
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Before her brother took his own life, Mary Miller-Strobel said she and her father begged every store in town that sold firearms to turn him away.
Apr 12, 2018
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Limiting firearm access only for persons with a mental health condition or those who previously attempted suicide likely is not enough to reduce suicide deaths. The brief research report is published in Annals of Internal ...
Jul 4, 2017
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