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AL Attorney General Opens Up About Late Wife's Mental Health And Dependence Struggles

2:37pm June 28, 2018

by Amy Held

In an emotional news conference Wednesday, Steve Marshall said he felt compelled to tell his family's "most personal secret" in the hope it could help others.

Health & Safety

Opening Up About Depression And Suicide Could Help Someone Else On The Brink

8:02am June 17, 2018

by Joelle Hann

With suicide in the news, a writer finds the courage to share the story of her own worst night — and what got her through.

Helping those who are suffering know they are not alone is one step toward suicide prevention, researchers say.

U.S. Suicide Rates Are Rising Faster Among Women Than Men

2:38pm June 14, 2018

by Rhitu Chatterjee

You can help prevent suicide, researchers say, by knowing the signs and reaching out. More boys and men in the U.S. take their own lives than women and girls, but that difference has narrowed.

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Maps showing the suicide rate by state in 2014-2016 and the percent increase between 1999 and 2016.

Health & Safety

CDC: U.S. Suicide Rates Have Climbed Dramatically

5:58pm June 07, 2018

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Guns are the most common method used for suicide, accounting for the deaths of almost half the people who kill themselves, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study finds.

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Ginnie and Matt Peters on vacation in February 2011, a few months before he died by suicide.

'He Was My Everything': A Farmer's Wife Reflects On Her Husband's Suicide

7:46pm May 18, 2018

In May 2011, Ginnie Peters' husband, Matt, took his own life. In a StoryCorps conversation, she and Trent Andrews, a family friend, talk about Matt's last day and a letter he left.

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Teens are visiting the hospital for suicidal thoughts or actions more frequently.

Hospitals See Growing Numbers Of Kids And Teens At Risk For Suicide

1:50pm May 16, 2018

by Tara Haelle

The number of children and teens who visited the hospital for suicidal thoughts or attempts doubled from 2008 to 2015. Rates were highest during the school year.

Don Gregorio has lived all his life in the same home in Humacao, a city on Puerto Rico's eastern coast that was hard-hit by Hurricane Maria. Many of his old friends have since left for the mainland, the former carpenter says, and he feels very alone.

Listless And Lonely In Puerto Rico, Some Older Storm Survivors Consider Suicide

5:29pm May 07, 2018

by Sarah Varney

The electricity is back on across much of the island, but the disruption to community spirit continues. Isolation, anxiety and depression are up, as are suicides, especially among older adults.

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Truckers Line Up Under Bridge To Save Man Threatening Suicide

5:43pm April 24, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

Michigan State Police and local officials rounded up a group of 13 semitruck drivers to park below a freeway overpass to shorten the fall of a man trying to jump to his death.

Mady Ohlman, who lives near Boston and has been sober for more than four years, says many drug users hit a point when the disease and the pursuit of illegal drugs crushes the will to live.

How Many Opioid Overdoses Are Suicides?

4:25pm March 28, 2018

by Martha Bebinger

Opioid overdoses and related deaths are still climbing, according to U.S. statistics. Teasing out which overdoses are intentional can be hard, but is important for treatment, doctors say.

Health & Safety

Guys, We Have A Problem: How American Masculinity Creates Lonely Men

9:00pm March 19, 2018

Boys get the message quickly: a man is supposed to be strong and independent. That message, researchers say, has widespread consequences for men's social lives and physical health.

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