Polluted air is bad for your health. It increases the risk of strokes, heart disease and a list of respiratory illnesses. It is linked, as well, to low productivity at work and poor scores on academic tests. And pollution may have a yet-more-sinister effect. It may also promote suicide.

A study published in Military Psychology explored the relationship between romantic relationships, suicide, and self-harm in military members. Their findings indicate that for about 30% of suicidal soldiers in the study, their romantic relationship is either a reason to live, a reason to die, or fluctuates between both. Additionally, those that shared their relationship experienced problems and were also likely to have self-harmed.

Suicides across the active duty U.S. military decreased over the past 18 months, driven by sharp drops in the Air Force and Marine Corps last year and a similar decline among Army soldiers during the first six months of this year, according to a new Pentagon report and preliminary data for 2022.

Hundreds of pilot whales are dead after two mass stranding events occurred days apart in New Zealand, conservation officials announced on Wednesday. The strandings continue a deadly trend that has rocked the Oceania region in recent weeks.

Lawyers, who are representing parents suing Amazon for selling “suicide kits” to teenagers who died by suicide, say they have reached a “breaking point.” Amazon lawyers have allegedly told parents that the online retailer had a right to sell these so-called “suicide kits." The kits are described in the lawsuit as bundled items that Amazon suggests buyers purchase together, including a potentially lethal chemical called sodium nitrite, a scale to measure a lethal dose, a drug to prevent vomiting, and a book with instructions on how to use the chemical to attempt suicide.

Comedian and actor Jak Knight’s death was ruled a suicide by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, according to reports. An autopsy report obtained by People revealed the 28-year-old star was found Thursday on an embankment in Los Angeles. He died from a gunshot wound.

Suicide attempts are not always preceded by worsening suicidal ideation.

A convicted Capitol rioter from Pennsylvania died by suicide on Feb. 25 while awaiting his sentencing, according to local news reports. Matthew Lawrence Perna was arrested just days after the Jan. 6, 2021, riots on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., according to the Department of Justice.

Research points to specific circuits for active vs. passive suicidal thoughts.

Gender-affirming hormone therapy is strongly linked to a lower risk of suicide and depression for transgender youths, according to the first large-scale study

Switzerland has done something that has been a taboo for years considering the morality of the objective. Switzerland has legalized suicide! However, if we have to be more precise then we have to say that Switzerland has legalized a safe way to take your own life if you so desire it.

An assistant district attorney stands in a dark hallway staring down the steel barrels of a SWAT team, a barrel of his own held to his temple. Two dozen Dateline producers and crew members stand on his front lawn, eyes peeled and necks craned, cameras picking up any audible dialogue. Drywall is the only thing separating production assistants from tactical gear. Louis Conradt Jr., accused of exchanging sexually explicit messages with a minor, retreats into a dark room and pulls the trigger.

A renowned developer who used the pseudonym Near/Byuu last month posted a Twitter thread excoriating the online forum Kiwi Farms for intense bullying and implied they were going to kill themselves. The thread was shared more than a thousand times and lit up the gaming scene after reports that Near later died by suicide.

Following Britain's lead, Japanese government created an isolation/ loneliness countermeasures office in its cabinet on February 19 to counter issues like suicide and child poverty.

A team of Welsh academics has developed a new method of supporting health professionals to make clinical decisions about people who may be at risk of taking their own lives.

Kiran Kaur surveys her family's paltry plot of land in Mansa, in the northern Indian state of Punjab, and gestures dismissively at the three acres of wheat that will soon yield to cotton plants, which bring in little profit. "Cotton is a complete failure for us," she said. Prices are low, and the cost of producing the fibre is far too high.

Japan has appointed a "Minister of Loneliness" in an attempt to reduce loneliness and social isolation among its residents as the country deals with rising suicide rates, Tomohiro Osaki reported for the Japan Times.

New research provides evidence of a link between time perception and suicide.

Mental health advocates say the decriminalization of suicide is a big win.

Men are four times more likely than women to die from suicide. Learn why this is and what can you do if you or a loved one are having suicidal thoughts.