Suicide Risk Stories
- Suicide is the second highest cause of death in adolescents; almost 1 in 5 adolescents consider suicide, and more than 1 in 10 come up with a plan. For Black youth, those ideas are increasingly...
- Trying to be perfect at everything could be a risk factor for suicide ideation.
- The teen drama “13 Reasons Why” is linked to an increase in web searches related to suicidal ideation, according to a new study.
- Suicide contagion, where vulnerable individuals are more likely to contemplate suicide after a loved one takes their own life, may have played a role in Chester Bennington's death.
- Poor sleep may predict increased risk for suicide symptoms in young adults, a Stanford study found.
- A new study has found that heavy weed smokers are more likely to have thoughts of suicide than those who smoke less.
- Aaron Hernandez was found dead in an apparent suicide attempt in his prison cell; suicide and mental health issues are of rising concern in the U.S. correctional system.
- Are society’s changing attitudes toward homosexuality leading to a decrease in suicide attempts? LGBTQ teens have been at risk.
- Being gay doesn’t put you at risk for mental illness — it’s the other events in your life.
- People in poor areas don’t have much access to mental health treatment, but Friendship Bench looks to change that.
- A large percentage of Americans are on psychiatric medications like antidepressants and anti-anxiety pills.
- Prison guards in Oregon are using mindfulness to improve their work environment and their personal lives.