Category: Suicide Issues

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A history of incarceration may increase suicide attempts, particularly for women who were incarcerated at a young age, a University at Albany School of Public Health study finds.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The pandemic put a spotlight on mental health and burnout within health care professions, but emerging research reveals these issues have been affecting health care workers for years, with suicide rates notably high among physicians and nurses.

(HealtNewsDigest.com) – Vulnerable teens who lose a pregnancy are at increased risk for suicide, new research from University of Oregon’s Prevention Science Institute shows.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – March 18, 2022 – Rates of suicide among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) veterans have risen sharply in recent years, reports a study in the April issue of Medical Care.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – In the United States, jails handle about 11.7 million admissions each year. Jails are, generally, the place where individuals are arrested for crimes ranging from vagrancy to murder and are booked and held until their court appearances – the average stay is about 23 days.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Holistic well-being advocate Portia A. Jackson Preston, DrPH, MPH, says former Miss USA suicide should remind us all to practice sustainable self-care, and seek help via therapy.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Wide scale public attention to the song “1-800-273-8255” by American hip hop artist Logic was associated with an increase in calls to the US National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and a reduction in suicides

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – New York, NY  In the largest genetic study of suicide attempts to date, researchers have identified a region of the genome on chromosome 7 containing DNA variations that increase the risk that a person will attempt suicide.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – While suicide levels in the USA fell during the first year of the pandemic, Australian researchers warn the lower suicide rate now faces the challenge of dealing with the COVID-19 health and socio-economic gap in society.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – October 27, 2021 – Young men who play football in high school are not at increased risk of suicidal thoughts or depression in young adulthood

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ROCHESTER, Minn. ― Mayo Clinic researchers report that nurses in the U.S. experience suicidal ideation in greater numbers than other general workers and those who do are less likely to tell anyone about it.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Suicide is a tragic reaction to stressful life situations. Most often, suicidal thoughts are the result of feeling helpless or unable to cope with what seems like an overwhelming life situation.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Every year 190 Australians working in the construction industry take their own lives – that’s one worker every second day.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A research team to lead a $13 million funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to compare two evidence-based interventions for reducing suicide attempts and improving patient outcomes for youth presenting to emergency departments with suicidal episodes.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – COLUMBUS, Ohio) – While little research exists on how and why the rates of Black youth suicide are rising, research does show the rate of suicide in Black youth younger than 13 years of age is approximately two times higher compared to white peers.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A new study by researchers at Penn State College of Medicine indicates that people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) — approximately 38 million worldwide….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – COLUMBUS, Ohio – New research suggests that African American families living in public housing are a “hidden population” when it comes to national suicide prevention efforts.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – In a new national study from UC San Diego Health, researchers found that nurses who lose a nursing position or leave the profession because of substance use, mental health issues, or chronic pain….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – What should researchers do if they encounter a study participant who reports suicidal thoughts?

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Classifying a death as suicide may be easiest for medical examiners and coroners in the western United States, which reports the highest suicide rates officially.