suicide

National

DOJ watchdog: federal prison not doing enough to prevent inmate suicides

3:45pm September 26, 2024

Lewisburg federal prison, a facility located in central Pennsylvania where thousands of inmates often pass through on their way to other federal institutions, was found to have problems with addressing mental health risks, healthcare quality, leaking infrastructure and employee conduct.

He survived the water, but not the flood

5:00am September 17, 2024

Climate-driven flooding destroyed Tony Calhoun’s home in 2022. But as the water receded, his despair only grew. Now, his family hopes to bring attention to the mental health toll of extreme weather.

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Since 2022, 988 has served as the quickest way to reach the national suicide and crisis lifeline. JON ELSWICK/AP

Health & Safety

Multiple projects in the works in Forsyth County to track and address symptoms of suicide

2:44pm September 11, 2024

by Santiago Ochoa

In Forsyth County, the Behavioral Health Services Division is working to get a clearer view of when and where suicides are happening and how to best reach people going through a mental health crisis.

Health & Safety

State adds peer support option to 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

5:02pm February 19, 2024

by Paul Garber

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will unveil Tuesday a new way to get help for those calling the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

Students from Launch Charter School march on Gun Violence Awareness Day on June 2 last year in Brooklyn, NY.

Health & Safety

'Say Something' tip line in schools flags gun violence threats, study finds

8:17am January 17, 2024

by Rhitu Chatterjee

A new study in Pediatrics shows that an anonymous tip line for students is catching some gun threats before they can escalate. It is part of an effort to treat gun violence as a public health problem.

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Participants walk in support and in memory of those lost, during American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Out of the Darkness Chicagoland Walk at Montrose Harbor on October 21, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois.

Health & Safety

Suicide rates rose in 2022 overall but declined for teens and young adults

11:23am November 29, 2023

by Rhitu Chatterjee

Provisional data from 2022 showed a bright spot in the trend of rising suicides in the U.S.

Jess Hegstrom, a public health worker for Lewis and Clark County in Montana, tries to start conversations about suicide risk at gun shows. "I'm not here to waggle my finger at you," she says.

Health & Safety

Storing guns away from home could reduce suicides, but there are legal hurdles

5:01am September 06, 2023

by Aaron Bolton

New ideas like "safe storage maps" show gun owners where to put their firearms in safekeeping if a mental health crisis happens. The idea has support, but obstacles are in the way in some states.

A teen's relieved parents finally saw hopeful signs when she got residential treatment. But the family's insurance stopped paying after about two months.

Teen with life-threatening depression finally found hope. Then insurance cut her off

7:53am April 17, 2023

by Rhitu Chatterjee

Despite laws that say mental health care should be paid for on a par with other medical care, health insurance stopped covering the care a suicidal teen needed before she was stable.

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A sign calling attention to drug overdoses is posted in a gas station on the White Earth reservation in Ogema, Minn.. A new study shows that early deaths due to addiction and suicide have impacted American Indian and Alaska Native communities far more than white communities.

Native Americans left out of 'deaths of despair' research

5:00am February 01, 2023

by Rhitu Chatterjee

During the time that deaths from addiction and suicide among white Americans rose by about 9%, deaths among Native Americans shot up by about 30%, a new study shows.

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Crime

Police: Father killed 4 relatives, self in weekend shooting

4:50pm January 07, 2023

by Paul Garber and Eddie Garcia, Associated Press

A shooting that left five dead in North Carolina occurred when a man shot and killed his wife and three children and then himself, police said Monday.