Suicide is the second most common cause of death for people aged 10-24 in the US. Despite this significant and alarming public health issue, there have been very few successful intervention programs for high-risk teens. Encouragingly, a recently-published study shows that when the adults in a high-risk teen’s caregiving environment receive education and […]
More than 500,000 people go to the emergency department (ED) each year due to deliberate self-harm or thoughts of suicide. A new study linking California ED data with state death records shows that people who presented to an ED with deliberate self-harm had a suicide rate nearly 57 times higher than demographically similar Californians […]
LGBTQ youth of color and transgender and nonbinary youth have a greater risk of suicide than their peers, especially if they have experienced discrimination, according to a new Trevor Project survey. For the first time, the cross-sectional survey, which had nearly 35,000 respondents between the ages of 13 and 24 across the United States, […]
In 2021 after two years of decline, the U.S. suicide rate resumed its upward climb, with young people and men hit hardest, according to CDC data. The 4% increase almost wiped-out modest decreases in previous years, with 47,646 suicides in 2021. During the pandemic in 2020, suicides declined, only to increase in 2021 with […]
The FCC unanimously voted to require text messages sent to the number 988 be routed to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by July 16, 2022. Not only is texting a very familiar form of communication for most people, texting to reach 988 also will help individuals who for safety reasons need to access the […]
Leading mental health and suicide prevention groups are expressing concern that the new, shorter number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline — 988 — will not be ready to handle an anticipated influx of calls when it's available nationwide next month. Starting July 16, people seeking mental health services can call 988 to access […]
[…] beginning of my sophomore year. Then, everything changed. Lindsey Racz, center, vice president of NAMI on Campus North Carolina State, and Megan Rogers, right, president, at a suicide candlelight vigil in September 2012. Courtesy Megan Rogers. When scouring my email for anything important, I stumbled upon an advertisement for an event: “The National Alliance […]
[…] the ‘Stronger than Stigma’ campaign that encourages men to talk about their mental health and Snow is co-founder of the Jed Foundation’s ‘Love is Louder’ campaign for suicide prevention. An award was also given to Major Sam Cochran (ret.) of the Memphis Police Department, who has led development of crisis intervention teams (CIT) nationwide. […]
[…] the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics, at the University of Washington, where her primary research is in the development and evaluation of evidence based treatments for high- suicide-risk, multi-diagnostic and difficult-to-treat populations with serious mental health conditions. She is also the creator of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), a well-researched skills-based treatment to help suicidal […]
[…] and challenging negative thoughts. This book is designed to help those living with BPD manage their symptoms and live better lives. Shades of Blue: Writers on Depression, Suicide and Feeling Blue Seal Press (2015) If you are living with depression or suicidal thoughts, you are not alone. Shades of Blue is a compilation of 35 […]
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