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Surge of Student Suicides Pushes Las Vegas Schools to Reopen
The reminders of pandemic-driven suffering among students in Clark County, Nev., have come in droves. Since schools shut their doors in March, an early-warning system that monitors students’ mental health episodes has sent more than 3,100 alerts to district officials, raising alarms about suicidal thoughts, possible self-harm or cries for care. By December, 18 students had taken their own lives.
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Raising The Minimum Wage By $1 May Prevent Thousands Of Suicides, Study Shows
The increases appear to have the largest effect when unemployment is high, according to new research..
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Parents of bullied 8-year-old who died by suicide can sue school district, court rules
The parents of an 8-year-old student who died by suicide after being persistently bullied can move forward with a lawsuit against the Cincinnati school district that alleges wrongful death and other charges, a federal appeals panel ruled Tuesday. The three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court Appeals said Gabriel Taye's parents had established "reckless behavior" that prevents school officials from receiving governmental immunity for their handling of the case.
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Unmet Job Expectations Linked to a Rise in Suicide, Deaths of Despair
Declines in blue-collar jobs may have left some working-class men frustrated by unmet job expectations and more likely to suffer an early death by suicide or drug poisoning, according to a study led by sociologists at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Suicide claimed more Japanese lives in October than 10 months of COVID
Japan had turned the tide on suicides until the pandemic reality sunk in, now it could prove a worrying harbinger of a mental health crisis festering elsewhere.
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Suicides in Japan rise in October for 4th straight month
The number of suicides in Japan rose in October for the fourth month in a row to the highest level in more than five years, data showed on Tuesday, a trend activists have blamed on the economic impact of the coronavirus, on women in particular.
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'60 Days In' Star Nate Burrell Dead At 33 from Suicide By Gunshot
Nate Burrell, one of the stars of A&E's docuseries, "60 Days In," has taken his own life. Nate's sister, Chelsey Walker, tells TMZ, Nate committed suicide Saturday night. She says her brother shot and killed himself out in public in downtown Allegan, Michigan. Nate posted a long suicide note on Facebook, saying, "This isn't an admission of guilt. I'm just tired, I've been through so much in my life, the pain of my situation now hurts more than I ever imagined. I can't keep going on."
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Conversation about suicide prevention leads to safe gun storage, study finds
Research by Forefront Suicide Prevention at the University of Washington, from visits to 18 gun shows and other community events around Washington state last year, found that engaging people in a...
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Japanese Actress Ashina Sei Dies Age 36
Ashina Sei, an established actor in high demand for TV dramas and films, was discovered dead in her Tokyo apartment Monday. Both Tokyo police and her agency have confirmed that she died of suicide, age 36.
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Scientists Say Lithium Should Be Added to Drinking Water to Prevent Suicides
A new study published in the 'British Journal of Psychiatry' finds a link between lithium in drinking water and lower suicide levels
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America is Facing a Teen Suicide Pandemic
New data confirm the urgency of confronting it now.
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When a parent dies by suicide, how are the children told? – Jesse Bering
Afrayed leather wallet. A broken watch. Some coins. A ballpoint pen missing a screw. For 11-year-old Maddy Reid, this was all that remained of her soft-spoken accountant father … an assortment of 59-year-old George Reid’s meagre belongings emptied onto the kitchen table. ‘It’s gruesome, I know, but I think they still had his blood on them.’
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Japan suicides decline as Covid-19 lockdown causes shift in stress factors
The suicide rate in Japan fell by 20% in April compared with the same time last year, the biggest drop in five years, despite fears the coronavirus pandemic would cause increased stress and many prevention helplines were either not operating or short-staffed. People spending more time at home with their families, fewer people were commuting to work and delays to the start of the school year are seen as factors in the fall.
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When Does Suicide Happen?
Around the globe, over 800,000 people die from suicide each year. While health professionals and others cannot prevent all suicides, evidence suggests suicide can be prevented, and effective prevention strategies already exist. Efforts to prevent suicide and research on suicide prevention have focused on the reduction of access to methods of suicide1 and risk factors...
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Responsible Reporting Is Vital In Media Coverage Of Suicide
By Emily Reynolds. Media reports on celebrity suicides can lead to increased risk of suicide in general population, meta-analysis finds.
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Reddit now lets you report users who might be suicidal
Reddit said Wednesday it's joined forces with Crisis Text Line, a text message based crisis support hotline, to provide counseling to users who might be at risk of self harm. Anyone on Reddit can now flag a fellow user who they think might be struggling with self-harm or suicide based on something they post on the site. Those users will get a message in their Reddit inbox that explains the various online resources they can turn to for help and instructions on how to contact Crisis Text Line -- by texting "CHAT" to 741741.
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New Research Finds Text Messages Can Help Predict Suicide Attempts
A psychology study analyzed nearly 200,000 text messages from people who had previously tried to kill themselves and found that rising anger and diminished positive emotion in their communications coincided with attempted suicide.
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The silent epidemic of America’s problem with guns
Two thirds of American gun deaths are suicides. How do you solve a problem hardly anyone talks about?
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Self-compassion may protect U.S. military veterans from suicidal behavior, according to new research
Self-compassion might help temper the link between psychological distress and suicide risk among U.S. military veterans
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Suicides linked to acne drug Roaccutane as regulator reopens inquiry
Expert working group to re-examine safety of drug used by about 30,000 people a year
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