Category: Suicide Issues

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ALEXANDRIA, VA – According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suicide rates have increased almost steadily, especially among adolescents and young adults, from 1999 through 2014.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The implementation of state laws legalizing same-sex marriage was associated with a significant reduction in the rate of suicide attempts among high school students

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A new Yale-led study of adolescents and young adults at high risk of taking their own lives….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – WASHINGTON — Experts’ ability to predict if someone will attempt to take his or her own life is no better than chance and has not significantly improved over the last 50 years

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Retired National Football League (NFL) players are at no greater risk of suicide when compared with the general U.S. population

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – HOUSTON-(Dec. 12, 2015)-Results from a long-term clinical trial conducted by cancer researchers at Houston Methodist Hospital show…..

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2015  — Today the nation’s largest suicide prevention organization, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, announces an expansion of its Chapters to all 50 states

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Every 13 minutes of every day, on average, someone in the U.S. commits suicide. Many of those deaths are preventable.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Newswise – As high schools across the country continue to reduce physical education, recess, and athletic programs, a new study shows that regular exercise significantly reduces both suicidal thoughts and attempts among students who are bullied.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Berkeley — Californians overwhelmingly support doctor-assisted suicide for terminally ill people, according to a new poll released today by the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) at the University of California, Berkeley.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Newswise — INDIANAPOLIS — People being treated for bipolar disorder….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Clinicians are challenged every day to make difficult decisions regarding patients’ suicide risk

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Harrisburg, Pa. –  When you think of spring, you think of new beginnings, awakening, and rebirth. However, for some individuals suffering from major depression and other mental health issues, this time of year brings increased thoughts of completing suicide.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Religious beliefs and practices may reduce thoughts of suicide among African-American adults in stressful life events induced by racial discrimination, according to a new research study conducted at the University of Houston (UH).

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – It’s always a good time to talk about suicide prevention, saidLaura Roberts, MD, professor and chair of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Oakland, CA (June 2014)-As we approach Men’s Health Week (June 9-15), a lot of attention will be paid to men’s fitness and their physical health. But consider this: Six million men are diagnosed with depression each year in America, and they account for 79 percent of suicides in the United States.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 24, 2014  — Compassion & Choices praised today’s decision by Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane not to appeal the dismissal of a felony “assisted suicide” charge against Philadelphia nurse Barbara Mancini. Compassion & Choices and Pain Treatment Topics filed an amicus brief in support of the defense’s motion to dismiss the case.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Many unattended deaths resulting from drug overdose should probably be considered self-injury, even when not suicides, suggests a newly published commentary by Ian Rockett, Ph. D., professor of epidemiology in the West Virginia University School of Public Health. The new opinion piece appears in the Viewpoint section of the current online edition of the journal JAMA Psychiatry.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ROCHESTER, Minn. – Talking to someone about suicide will increase the chances that they will act on it – true or false? False. The truth: When someone is in crisis or depressed, asking if he or she is thinking about suicide can help.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – CHICAGO – In an examination of risk factors associated with suicide in current and former military personnel observed 2001 and 2008, male sex and mental disorders were independently associated with suicide risk but not military-specific variables, findings that do not support an association between deployment or combat with suicide, according to a study in the August 7 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on violence/human rights.