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Epstein family pathologist says financier's body shows signs of homicide
A forensic pathologist hired by Jeffrey Epstein's brother to look into his suicide said on Wednesday that the convicted sex offender's body showed a number of signs o
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Teen Suicide Is on the Rise and No One Knows Why
A new CDC report reveals that teenage suicide rates have increased exponentially in the past decade
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Suicide Data Reveal New Intervention Spots, Such as Motels and Animal Shelters
Patterns show places where people who intend to kill themselves go—and give health workers better chances to stop them
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Suicide prevention hotline to get three-digit phone number
It should soon be easier to call a suicide prevention hotline. The FCC plans to move forward with establishing a three-digit number.
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Jeffrey Epstein, accused sex trafficker, is dead by apparent suicide, found in his Manhattan jail cell
Epstein, 66, had apparently hanged himself. He was was not on suicide watch at the time of his death, multiple people familiar with the investigation told NBC News.
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’13 Reasons Why’ Renewed for Fourth and Final Season, Season 3 to Launch in August
“13 Reasons Why” has been renewed for Season 4 at Netflix, which will also be the show’s final season, Variety has learned. Season 4 is currently in production and will feature the core cast’s graduation from Liberty High. In addition, Season 3 of the controversial series will debut on Aug. 23 and will consist of 13 episodes.
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Michael Phelps: 'I am extremely thankful that I did not take my life'
The most decorated Olympian of all time, swimmer Michael Phelps, opened up about his battle with depression and said he contemplated suicide at the height of his career.
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Isolated And Struggling, Many Seniors Are Turning To Suicide
The golden years are thought to be a well-earned, carefree time in life. But adults 65 and older now account for almost 1 in 5 suicides in America.
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U.S. Suicide Rates Are the Highest They've Been Since World War II
U.S. suicide rates are at their highest since World War II, according to federal data—and the opioid crisis, widespread social media use and high rates of stress may be among the myriad contributing factors.
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My boyfriend killed himself because his family couldn’t accept that he was gay
Nazim Mahmood jumped to his death from a balcony seven months ago after coming out to his parents. His partner of 13 years, Matthew Ogston, talks to Sarfraz Manzoor
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Emotional violence in childhood, adolescence associated with suicidal thoughts\
Early exposure to emotional violence "significantly" increases the chances that youths will contemplate suicide, according to new research from three countries conducted by the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
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The Chilling Mystery of High-Altitude Suicides
U.S. counties above 4,000 feet have twice the suicides as counties at 2,000 feet. Is it because there's less oxygen in the air, or is something else going on?
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'Deaths of despair' are soaring in the U.S.
West Virginia and Ohio far outpace other states in drug overdose death rates.
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I Lost My Therapist to Suicide
It’s been about a year since Mark’s death. In that time, my perspective on empathy has changed dramatically.
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All-American Despair
For the past two decades, a suicide epidemic fueled by guns, poverty and isolation has swept across the West, with middle-aged men dying in record numbers.
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Dad posts 'Don't Give Up' signs around town to lower suicide rates: 'You never know who is struggling'
After a cluster of local teen suicides, stay-at-home dad Colby Wallace launched the “You Matter” campaign to strengthen mental health. On May 12th, Wallace, the 42-year-old father in Queen Anne, Seattle, heard about four teen suicides in King County. “These were local high school students and no one was really talking about it,” Wallace tells Yahoo Lifestyle.
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Suicide rates in girls are rising, study finds, especially in those age 10 to 14
Suicide rates for young girls are rising at a pace faster than that of boys, changing the established patterns that boys are more likely to die by suicide and that girls are more likely to consider it and attempt it, according to a new study.
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Facebook's effort to stop suicides by monitoring your posts reveals a worrisome gap between tech giants and healthcare experts
Facebook has a suicide-monitoring tool that uses machine learning to identify posts that may indicate someone is at risk of killing themselves. The tool was involved in sending emergency responders to locations more than 3,500 times as of last fall. A Harvard psychiatrist is worried the tool could worsen health problems by homing in on the wrong people or escalating mental-health crises. Facebook does not consider the tool to be health research and hasn't published any information on how it works or whether it's successful.
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Teen Suicide Spiked After Debut Of Netflix's '13 Reasons Why,' Study Says
Boys ages 10-17 killed themselves at a much higher rate in the month after Netflix's show about suicide was released in 2017. Researchers attribute an extra 195 deaths that year to the series.
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Avicii’s Family Launches Mental Illness and Suicide-Prevention Foundation in His Memory
Nearly a year after his passing on April 20, 2018, the family of dance music artist Tim “Avicii” Bergling are launching a foundation in his memory. The multiplatinum-selling artist and DJ died in Oman of an apparent suicide. The Tim Bergling Foundation “will initially focus on supporting people and organizations working in the field of mental illness and suicide prevention,” the brief announcement reads, noting that it will also be active in climate change, development assistance, nature conservation and endangered species.
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