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Byline: Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY 'The hardest part of this disorder is living through an episode. The second hardest part is identifying the symptoms to get a diagnosis. The third [...]

Byline: By, Charlotte Lillywhite A prisoner took his own life at HMP Wandsworth after staff missed opportunities to support him, a watchdog has found. Shahrooz Ghassemian, 47, was found unconscious [...]

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- In a finding that illustrates the damage that laws targeting transgender people can cause, new research shows that trans and nonbinary youth in [...]

COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- The following information was released by Texas A&M University College Station: Suicide is a leading cause of death across the five U.S. states along the Gulf [...]

SAN FRANCISCO: Little Otter has issued the following news release: As National Suicide Prevention Month kicks off, Little Otter - a leader in virtual mental health care for children, teens, [...]

ATLANTA, GA -- The following information was released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Health insurance coverage Health insurance coverage helps people access health care. This includes [...]

Byline: Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — More than 49,000 people in the United States died by suicide in 2022 -- that's one death every 11 minutes, and more [...]

Byline: Joe Pinkstone, Science Correspondent A weight loss jab could increase the risk of suicide in people with depression, a study suggests. The drug semaglutide, which is sold as Ozempic [...]

Byline: Michael Searles, Health Correspondent NHS staff have been told during equality training that using the wrong pronouns for transgender and non-binary people increases the risk of suicide. The online [...]

Byline: Falmata Daniel The case has reignited concerns over Nigerian laws criminalising attempted suicide. An official from the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Abuja, said on Tuesday that the man [...]

Lower rates of attempting suicide reported by those who had access to affirming spaces and communities NEW YORK, May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4155054-1&h=3749680968&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetrevorproject.org%2F&a=The+Trevor+Project'target='_blank'aria-invaltarget='_blank'aria-invaltarget='_blank The survey also includes data on [...]

LOS ANGELES -- The following information was released by the University of California Los Angeles: Study examined ties between firearm proximity and psychological distress, suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts Mike [...]

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- The following information was released by Rutgers University: By Greg Bruno Opposite to white heterosexuals, state-sanctioned discrimination may increase suicidal tendencies among Black lesbian, gay, bisexual [...]

BOSTON, MA -- The following information was released by the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH): High school students who reported using cannabis, alcohol, or nicotine were more likely to have thoughts [...]

BETHESDA, MD -- The following information was released by the National Institutes of Health (NIH): At a Glance Semaglutide was associated with a lower risk of suicidal thoughts than other [...]

Byline: Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — Use of the medicine semaglutide for weight loss or type 2 diabetes wasn't associated with a higher risk of suicidal ideation than [...]

Transgender people in Denmark have a significantly higher risk of suicide than other groups, according to an exhaustive analysis of health and legal records from nearly 7 million people over [...]

Using four decades of health data from Denmark, the study offers the clearest picture yet of the suicide risk among transgender people. Transgender people in Denmark have a significantly higher [...]

Byline: Max Kahn New grant will fund U. research on older adults' suicidal risk MKMax KahnNov 14, 2023, 2:00 AM Photo by Rutgers.eduNicole Cain, an associate professor in the Department [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Arkansas Senator John Boozman: When a loved one is suffering from physical or mental illness it often makes us feel helpless or [...]

2024 JAN 24 (VerticalNews) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Education Letter -- New research on Science is the subject of a report. According to news originating from [...]

Spain based CRUZ ROJA ESPAnOLA has secured contract from Secretaria de Estado de Sanidad for Social work and related services - Line Service 024 Help for people with suicidal behavior [...]

Byline: Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — The European Medicines Agency's safety committee is looking into the risk of suicidal thoughts and thoughts of self-harm in patients who used [...]

Byline: Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — The European Medicines Agency's safety committee is looking into the risk of suicidal thoughts and thoughts of self-harm in patients who used [...]

Byline: Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — European regulators said Tuesday that they'd broadened an investigation started last week into the risk of suicidal thoughts among patients taking popular [...]

Byline: Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — European regulators said Tuesday they'd broadened an investigation started last week into the risk of suicidal thoughts among patients taking popular drugs [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the American Psychological Association (APA): Teen girls who have greater difficulty effectively solving interpersonal problems when they experience social stress, and who [...]

Byline: Rebecca Speare-Cole The father of a 16-year-old girl who was found dead at her boarding school says she told the school GP about suicidal feelings but was deemed 'low [...]

BOSTON, MA -- The following information was released by Boston University: Study pinpoints differences in brain connections that could be used in prevention and may lead to new treatments to [...]

NEW YORK, NY -- The following information was released by Columbia University: A Columbia University study has found that teens who use cannabis recreationally are two to four times as [...]

CHICAGO, IL -- The following information was released by the American Medical Association (AMA): Timothy M. Smith The topic of firearm violence often conjures images of mass shootings, and justifiably [...]

Byline: By, Miriam Stoppard The figures make for terrifying reading: one in three women and one in six men have experienced intimate partner violence at some point in their lives, [...]

Byline: Cara Murez WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have pinpointed four genes that seem to play a part in how vulnerable you are to suicidal thoughts or [...]

Byline: Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) -- Suicide is a leading cause of death among children and adults, but spotting risk factors and warning signs isn't easy. Nearly 46,000 people in [...]

Byline: Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) -- Suicide is a leading cause of death among children and adults, but spotting risk factors and warning signs isn't easy. Nearly 46,000 people in [...]

Byline: Elana Gotkine MONDAY, Dec. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Opioid misuse is associated with an increased risk for suicide, and people with disabilities have a further increased risk, according [...]

Byline: By, Benjamin Lynch The attack on a nuclear power plant by Russia is 'suicidal' and risks sparking a devastating disaster, the UN has warned. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres [...]

A recent report has found that LGBTQ youth who have experienced high levels of trauma are over three times more likely to attempt suicide. More than one in three young [...]

Byline: Cara Murez TUESDAY, Nov. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A new study that looks at suicide risk among U.S. teens who are lesbian, gay and bisexual finds they have [...]

STORRS, Conn. -- The following information was released by the University of Connecticut: Lack of access to mental health support could be among the factors responsible for the increases Suicides [...]

BOSTON, MA -- The following information was released by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC): Maternal mortality in the United States in on the rise. Scientists increasingly recognize that pregnancy-associated [...]

Byline: By, Robert Dalling The heartbroken family of a young man who took his own life have questioned why his dosage of anti-depressant drug sertraline was increased given his history [...]

Byline: John Vandiver Easier access to guns explains why troops based in the US account for a higher percentage of suicide deaths, a Government Accountability Office report [...]

Byline: Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) -- Suicide is a leading cause of death among children and adults, but spotting risk factors and warning signs isn't easy. Nearly 46,000 people in [...]

TUESDAY, July 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- When examining the role of sport- or recreation-related concussion on suicide risk among youth, race, ethnicity, and sex should be considered, according to [...]

THURSDAY, June 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Finnish women taking hormonal birth control have fewer suicide attempts than women not taking hormonal contraceptives , according to a study presented at [...]

Byline: Jason Cherkis Well before the pandemic upended his world, Antonio Luna struck his new therapist Paul Jamison as a challenge. At his intake appointment in late October 2019, Luna, [...]

Byline: Cara Murez THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Teens who have access to guns are at a higher risk for suicide or suicide attempts, new research shows. Compounding [...]

28% of LGBTQ youth reported experiencing homelessness or housing instability at some point in their lives -- and those who did had 3.5x the rate of attempting suicide. NEW YORK, [...]