Elderly Florida Couple’s Murder-Suicide Agreement Ended with Shooting at a Hospital
A 76-year-old woman is in custody after fatally shooting her terminally ill husband in the head in what police say was an intended murder-suicide at a hospital in Daytona Beach,…
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Suicide Warning Signs and Prevention Strategies for Older Adults
According to the US Census Bureau, older adults (age 65 and over) represented 16 percent of the total US population in 2019. And in 2020, older adults ages 50 to…
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Nurses Reflect on Losing Their Colleagues to Suicide
Nurses face a higher risk of suicide than other professions in the US, and healthcare workers across all positions are four times more likely to commit suicide than those working…
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Raising Awareness about Suicide and Older Adults
Suicide is a public health concern; many people don’t realize that some of the highest rates of suicide are among older adults, especially among men. In 2021, according to the…
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FL Assisted Living Facility Resident Found Dead from Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound in Parking Lot
A Port St. Lucie man found dead Monday in the parking lot of an assisted living facility died from an “apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound,” according to police officials Tuesday.
Read More »Maine to Invest in Suicide Prevention as Report Highlights Gun Deaths
Maine will invest $230 million in statewide suicide prevention and mental health awareness after a report found that more than 85% of gun deaths in 2020 were suicides.
Read More »Suicide prevention: Recognizing the warning signs can save lives
There is a renewed focus on depression and mental health in the wake of the death of Naomi Judd. “I’m a loss survivor myself. So I’ve lost two family members to…
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HHS Awards Nearly $105M to Strengthen Crisis Call Center Services in Advance of July Transition to 988
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is awarding nearly $105 million in grant funding, provided by the American…
Read More »A Nurse’s Death Raises the Alarm about the Profession’s Mental Health Crisis
Most nurses and other frontline health workers worked relentlessly over the past two years, surge after surge, through countless deaths and severe staffing shortages. And now, a majority are struggling…
Read More »Female Nurses Twice as Likely to Die by Suicide as Other Women
According to a highly alarming study, female nurses are twice as likely to die from suicide as other women. The study, out of the University of Michigan School of Nursing,…
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