A multi-agency suicide prevention strategy, led by Hampshire County Council, was in place between 2018 and 2021, but the resulting practices have continued. During this period, the number of recorded suicides in Hampshire increased from 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2014-2016 to 8.6 per 100,000 people in 2018-2020. Read moreRead More →
Amid growing concerns about the pandemic’s impact on Americans’ mental health and the rollout of a new three-digit number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline this summer, advocates say local call centers across country remain underfunded and understaffed for an expected increase in call volume. Despite efforts to improve theRead More →
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) will set up a Farmer Isolation and Suicide Prevention Task Force, according to ICSA President Dermot Kelleher. Talk to Agriland Regarding an upcoming farmers’ meeting on Wednesday, March 16 at 8:00 p.m., Kelleher said a range of topics will be discussed, includingRead More →
The United States has the highest gun suicide rate in the world – and suicides account for more than half of the total number of gun deaths nationwide each year. It is because of these statistics that we at The Trace consider suicide coverage to be central to our missionRead More →
In the last fiscal year 2020/21, the Nepal Police recorded 7,141 suicide cases. Among them, 3,938 of the suicide victims were men, 2,449 women and the remaining children. Nepal Police data alone shows that the number of suicides increased by 14.2% from the previous fiscal year 2019/20 despite suicide preventionRead More →
Some school counselors and lawmakers are concerned about the mental health of Georgian children, citing a recent increase in suicide deaths. Jacob Dreiling is a certified therapist and mental health counselor at Decatur Student Center. He focuses on suicide assessment and prevention for Decatur’s municipal schools. (Taylor Reimann/Fresh Take Georgia)Read More →
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BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – The Brazos Valley Coalition on Suicide Prevention has just been named the best suicide prevention council in the state of Texas for 2022. It’s an award that BVCOSP President Doug Vance hopes the help expand their mission in the future. Vance thanks his team members forRead More →
SARATOGA COUNTY, NY – The Saratoga County Suicide Prevention Coalition is partnering with Newtown Road Church to provide suicide prevention training to the community. More than half of Americans have been affected by suicide in some way, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Suicide is the second leadingRead More →
Newswise—March ten2022 – Mobile apps could provide “an uninterrupted crisis response tool” for people with suicidal thoughts and behaviors – although further research is needed to establish their effectiveness – concludes a review in the March/April issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry. The journal is published in the Lippincott PortfolioRead More →
LOS ANGELES, CA – DECEMBER 02: Actress Sarah Hyland arrives at ‘Trevor Live’ to honor Katy Perry … [+] and Audi of America for The Trevor Project held at the Hollywood Palladium on December 2, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for The Trevor Project) GettyRead More →
Suicide prevention does not work. It’s good to devote a month to it. It’s nice to send your thoughts and prayers. But when things never change, it’s hard to keep the same goal. Stanford University soccer goalie Katie Meyer, 22, died by suicide on March 2. I haven’t, but thisRead More →
Representative Art Washut, Natrona County (Dan Cepeda, Oil City) If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts, please call the National Suicide Hotline at 1-800-273 TALK (1-800-273-8255) CASPER, Wyoming — Rep. Art Washut (Natrona County) and Sen. Bill Landen (Natrona) worked together to ensure funding was addedRead More →
The competency framework aims to provide structure to the mental health support provided at Australian universities, for the country’s 1.5 million students and over 100,000 staff each year, functioning as an important point of reference . It aims to complement the existing network of support services in Australian higher education.Read More →
Galway Bay FM Newsroom – NUI Galway researchers are using insights from young people in Galway, Mayo and Roscommon to learn more about young people’s mental health and suicide prevention. The research project is called Inform – YSP. It stands for “Informing Youth Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Promotion throughRead More →
WACO– A group of veterans spent the day walking around Waco for the Silkies Invasion Veteran Suicide Prevention Hike. They use 22 as a symbolic number representing about 22 veterans a day who commit suicide. “Being in the military, you think pain breeds camaraderie,” said Silkies Invasion coordinator Jacob Romero.Read More →
Teigan Avery speaks warmly of his father, saying whoever received his phone call knew he was there for at least an hour of conversation. But after his death, she asks the question: what would have happened if he had called someone the day he decided to kill himself? “But howRead More →
The suicide rate in America is so alarming that it often makes the headlines. We all need to be concerned about stopping this self-destructive trend. How? ‘Or’ What? By using the preventive tools available to us as Catholics living the faith. A discussion about suicide should include both risk factorsRead More →
The Department of Defense is launching a new effort this month to bolster tools for storing guns and safer medications in an effort to stop military suicides. Karin Orvis, director of the Pentagon’s office of suicide prevention, told Congress on Wednesday that the DoD will use a series of evidence-basedRead More →
A construction group has presented an outstanding check to a Wishaw-based suicide prevention charity. As the festive season approaches, the South West hub has urged partners, suppliers and supporters to join them in providing much-needed and well-deserved support for Chris’s House and raised an incredible £8,510 in the process. Chris’sRead More →
Defense Department officials on Wednesday acknowledged shortcomings in their suicide prevention programs as the number of lives lost through self-harm in the ranks continues to rise. “Trends are not going in the right direction,” said Karen Orvis, director of the Defense Department’s office of suicide prevention. “Over the past twoRead More →
February 28, 2022 6:43 p.m. Job : February 28, 2022 6:43 p.m. Update: March 1, 2022 8:47 a.m. MADISON, Wis. — In the past few years, 41 people in three states across the country have voluntarily banned themselves from buying guns: none of them chose to overturn that ban. SinceRead More →
Over the past two years, Lane County Public Health has documented the lives of 16 people who survived suicide attempts. Their stories – told through photography and the spoken word – constitute a traveling exhibition entitled “Why we build”. There are approximately 3,000 suicide attempts in Lane County each year.Read More →
The federal government is taking a whole-of-government approach to suicide prevention, including among its workforce, according to a psychologist working for the Australian Public Service Commission (APSC). Rachael McMahon, director of the commission’s mental health and suicide prevention unit, said a cultural shift was underway in the public service. InRead More →
They have been locked at home for almost two years due to the pandemic, the constant change in routine with schools opening and closing, social distancing and fear of contagion increase the likelihood that the population of children and young people with mental health problems. According to the State ofRead More →
ELKHART, Ind. (WSBT) – For some veterans, coming home doesn’t mean their war is over – it may mean a new battle has begun. Every day, 22 veterans in the United States commit suicide. A Veterans Suicide Prevention Benefit was a chance for the community of Elkhart to help thoseRead More →
NAPERVILLE – Signs with information about the Suicide Prevention Hotline will soon be posted in select areas of Naperville parks/trails. A joint task force of Linden Oaks Behavioral Health, Naperville Park District, City of Naperville, and the Preserved Forest Districts of DuPage and Will Counties launched “Operation Disrupt” as aRead More →
At the Grantsburg School Board meeting last Monday, Feb. 14, a topic of discussion was struggling student mental health and new programs that could be implemented to help. Renae Wright (Elementary School Social Worker and Crisis Team Director for the District), Leah Lade (High School Counselor) and Debbie Luedtke (MiddleRead More →
Panelists presented 2 studies comparing evidence-based strategies to improve patient outcomes. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) hosted a virtual panel on youth and young adult suicide prevention, led by U.S. Representatives Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) and Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland). PCORI, an independent nonprofit organization sanctioned by Congress in 2010, hostedRead More →
TAMPA, Fla. – John Fischetti is a Special Forces Sergeant Major and served in the military for 25 years. “I lost a lot of friends. I was shot 5 times, blew up several times,” Fischetti said. Fischetti says the trauma left him struggling physically, emotionally and mentally, and that heRead More →
PRINCETON — A bill before the Legislature that would help fund a statewide suicide crisis hotline is currently sitting on the Senate Finance Committee, supporters of the Senate said on Tuesday. the legislation. Senate Bill 181 would help fund a statewide suicide prevention center using the new national 988 hotline,Read More →
Universities will be better equipped to intervene early to help prevent the devastating impact of suicide in their communities thanks to a framework released today by Universities Australia and Suicide Prevention Australia. Suicide Prevention: A Competency Framework for Universities provides a structure that allows for early intervention for staff whoRead More →
Pharmacist Jérôme Kanyika shared his opinion on the worrying rise in suicide cases. He strongly believes that easy access to prescription drugs is partly responsible for the increase in suicides and suicide attempts. Indeed, some pharmacies sell prescription drugs potent enough to kill an adult human being when taken inRead More →
Described as “an epidemic” of suicides in meetings. Previous following Image 1 of 2 Councilor Philip Brady (FF). Hu O’Reilly Picture 2 of 2 Councilor Aiden Fitzpatrick (FF). Adrian Donohoe Photography. 086 3716199 Published: Sat 19 Feb 2022, 16:00 Providing resources to sports and community groups was the recommendation madeRead More →
TOPEKA — After two days of work on a bill, a House committee on Wednesday accepted a proposed fee for mobile and landline phones when Kansans seek help on a national suicide hotline from of the end of the year. The House Health and Human Services Committee, led by Rep.Read More →
RALEIGH, NC (WNCN) — People in crisis thinking about suicide will soon have a new, easy-to-use national number to connect them to the help they need. Across the country, 911 will provide you with a first responder to send you help in an emergency. But until now, there was noRead More →
TOPEKA — After two days of work on a bill, a House committee on Wednesday accepted a proposed fee for mobile and landline phones when Kansans seek help on a national suicide hotline from the end of the year. The House Health and Human Services Committee, led by Rep. BrendaRead More →
Suicide prevention is often a question of strategy. In 1964, the Academic Dean of Tufts University School of Medicine, Louis Lasagna, wrote a modern translation of the Hippocratic Oath: “I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant : I will remember that there isRead More →
The South African Psychiatric Society states that nearly one in ten adolescent deaths in South Africa each year is the result of suicide. He adds that up to 20% of high school learners have attempted suicide. These statistics are alarming. Teenagers face many problems, especially peer pressure. Some are exposedRead More →
Rep. Tina Orwall, D-Des Moines OLYMPIA — On Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted unanimously to advance a measure to establish programs to prevent suicide among veterans and service members in Washington. Military service members, veterans and their families are at increased risk of being affected by suicide. Veterans makeRead More →
Suicide among service members, veterans and their families is a public health and national security crisis, according to a Nov. 2, 2021, statement from the White House. To reduce suicide rates in its ranks, the Army implemented a “chain education” initiative based on a public health approach, designed to reachRead More →
The Army implements a public health approach to suicide based on the suicide prevention efforts of the Centers for Disease Control. The new comprehensive and integrated policies emphasize prevention rather than intervention. According to the CDC, “suicide and attempted suicide affect the health and well-being of friends, loved ones, co-workers,Read More →
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — This could be promising news for Virginia veterans battling mental health issues. The bill aims to focus on a bill that would create new suicide prevention to help veterans with mental health issues. The legislation, presented by Del. Anne Ferrell Tata, will focus on creating aRead More →
Williamsport, Pennsylvania — Pennsylvania College of Technology’s commitment to student well-being — particularly in the critical areas of mental health and suicide prevention — has received a boost with renewed funding from a agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services. The college has been awarded a GarrettRead More →
A youth suicide prevention program, new to Valley High School, will see students trained to watch for warning signs. The New Kensington-Arnold School District is getting a Hope Squad, a national program founded in Utah and promoted locally by a West Deer mother whose daughter died by suicide in MarchRead More →
You may remember Fonda Bryant – National Outstanding Woman of the Year 2021, crowned by Fox46. Its suicide prevention mission began with suicide prevention signs in parking lots around Charlotte and continued with free suicide prevention classes. The online course costs nothing, can be taken from the comfort of yourRead More →
FRANKFORT, Ky. (FOX 56) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers plans to introduce a bill aimed at preventing suicide tragedies in Kentucky. Research by the crisis prevention group, Whitney/Strong, indicates that every 17 hours a Kentuckian dies of a suicide by firearm, with 65 percent of suicide deaths in theRead More →
COVID-19 has brought significant change and uncertainty to people’s lives. Family illnesses and bereavement, unemployment, school closures, and lack of physical contact with family and friends can all lead to increased stress and mental health issues like depression. At worst, depression can lead to suicide, which tragically kills more thanRead More →
Picture: Sanidad The Ministry of Health is preparing to launch a new suicide prevention hotline (024) in Spain in the coming months. The Ministry of Health will soon launch the free hotline 024, which will provide help and support to anyone at risk of suicide. The line will operate nationwideRead More →
GoGuardian notifies parents and support staff in schools if the program detects that a child is interacting with online content related to active suicide planning. BOISE, Idaho — In an email sent to parents and guardians Wednesday morning, the Boise School District announced that it has adopted GoGuardian Beacon ServicesRead More →
Barber and hairdressing students at South Devon College will now receive suicide prevention training as part of their qualifications. South Devon College in Torquay and the Lions Barber Collective have joined forces to create the first ever Lions Barber Academy. The charity was founded by internationally renowned Torquay barber, TomRead More →
The lodge built for R;pple A Hampshire-based SUICIDE prevention charity is promoting its online tool on Safer Internet Day. R;pple designed its browser extensions to help people doing research related to self-harm or suicide. It provides an immediate and dynamic display on a user’s device once they have been flaggedRead More →
A Hampshire-based SUICIDE prevention charity is promoting its online tool on Safer Internet Day. R;pple designed its browser extensions to help people doing research related to self-harm or suicide. It provides an immediate and dynamic display on a user’s device once they have been flagged as searching for harmful contentRead More →
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ/Press Release) – Beginning in mid-July, Kentucky will adopt the National Suicide Prevention Line (NSPL) three-digit phone number: 9-8-8. In addition to the number change, lawmakers are discussing a bill that would implement a small fee on phone bills to fund this hotline. Mental Health America of KentuckyRead More →
MITCHELL — As suicide rates continue to rise at an alarming rate among young people in South Dakota, Thomas Gulledge is working to reverse the trend by bringing a suicide prevention program to Mitchell. With a $150,000 grant from the South Dakota Department of Health, Gulledge, who is the fitnessRead More →
As demand for Lifeline crisis support hits a record 3,700 calls in one day, the federal government awarded the suicide prevention service an additional $1.5 million to expand its SMS support. More people can now contact Lifeline’s confidential SMS helpline, any time of the day or night, by texting 0477Read More →
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JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Suicide is a serious problem that affects all races and all socio-economic statuses around the world. In the wake of the untimely passing of former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst, the Mississippi Department of Mental Health reminds everyone of the importance of suicide prevention and the resourcesRead More →
We were reminded this week that no one is immune to feelings that could lead to suicide with the death of former Miss USA Chesile Kryst. As a successful attorney, national entertainment correspondent, crowned Miss USA 2019, the 30-something seemed to be living the dream life. The National Institute ofRead More →
“I don’t want to be heard, I want action,” says Iqaluit high school student Blake DeMaio Four young Nunavummiut have produced a short film on an issue close to their hearts: suicide prevention. “We want young people to have a better future and more help,” said Blake DeMaio, one ofRead More →
Parent to Parent: Teen Suicide Prevention FOX 26 Anchor Rashi Vats spoke with three local siblings who are taking to social media to help those in need of mental health. HOUSTON – Getting help for mental health is getting harder and harder because the demand is so high, and it’sRead More →
WEST VIRGINIA (WOAY) — Between 2018 and 2021, phone calls to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline began to steadily increase across the state, rising from around 6,500 calls to more than 10,000. While calls may increase, however, the suicide rate is not showing a corresponding increase, a startling but hopefulRead More →
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(KSLA) – On the heels of national news on multiple suicides in the black community, medical providers and community leaders are speaking out about the importance of suicide prevention and asking for help when needed . The National Youth Risk Behavior Survey shows that suicide attempts, thoughts and plans areRead More →
Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst died on Sunday, according to New York police. The 30-year-old’s body was found in midtown Manhattan after she apparently jumped from her apartment above. Kryst was an icon of beauty; admired by millions. His death by suicide is mourned and shocked the pageant community. “IRead More →
*CONTENT WARNING: This article contains mentions of teenage suicidality.* PROVO (ABC4) – Algorithm can be a scary word, admits Quinn Snell, professor of computer science at Brigham Young University. The term, which has since achieved commonplace status in the modern lexicon, may conjure up imaginings of intrusive data analysis byRead More →
According to a study published in Psychological medicine. Although the risk of suicide associated with hormonal contraceptives is relatively low, the results indicate that the topic warrants further attention and research. (If you’re having suicidal thoughts, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or follow this link to theirRead More →
The widow of antivirus software maker John McAfee shares her last words with him before his death last month. “I’ve been trying to find the words to adequately express my thoughts. I’m still in shock. Truly in disbelief,” Janice McAfee wrote in a statement posted to Twitter on Tuesday. “JohnRead More →
Kerry Mitchell lost her son to suicide and now helps others in need. MEMPHIS, Tennessee – Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah about being suicidal and not getting the help she needed resonates with people around the world, especially those who have lost someone by suicide. Kerry Mitchell was blindsided byRead More →
Sexual harassment at work is linked to suicide. Getty The #MeToo movement has generated a lot of interest in sexual harassment in recent years and its impact on employees, businesses and society. A body of research has linked sexual harassment in the workplace to mental health factors such as psychologicalRead More →
The deaths of designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain earlier this year shone a light on the rising suicide rate in the United States and the need to prevent suicide, but it doesn’t always come from a talk therapy or a suicide hotline. Tech companies like Facebook andRead More →
By Anne Harding, Reuters Health (Reuters Health) – Although religiosity is generally linked to a reduced risk of suicide, the reverse may be true for some lesbian, gay and questioning young adults, researchers say. Based on data from more than 21,000 US college students, researchers found that increased religious feelingRead More →