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A new nationally representative Canadian study published in the Archives of Suicide Research found that 28.4% of respondents with a history of suicide attempts had reached a state of complete mental health. 

Suicide remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, according to WHO’s latest estimates, published June 17, 2021, in “Suicide worldwide in 2019”. Every year, more people die as…

Survivors of the intensive care unit (ICU) have a higher risk of self-harm and suicide after discharge than other hospital patients, a Canadian study shows.

An average of 18 veterans died by suicide each day in 2018. As a result, suicide prevention is the top clinical priority for the Department of Veterans Affairs for FY…

The number of US suicides fell nearly 6% last year amid the coronavirus pandemic — the largest annual decline in at least four decades, according to preliminary government data.

The Wyoming Department of Health is offering free suicide prevention training to employers and their employees across the state. In 2019 Wyoming’s suicide rate was the highest in the United…

The latest study by New Mexico State University and the University of Toledo shows that firearm suicides among the elderly have increased 49 percent from 2010 to 2018, but experts…

Older adults recently diagnosed with dementia or mild cognitive impairment were at increased risk for suicide attempt, according to results of a nationwide cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

There are several effective interventions to reduce the risk of suicide, the tenth-leading cause of death in the United States, but difficulties in identifying people at risk for suicide and…