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An estimated 300–400 physicians kill themselves per year, a rate of 28-40 per 100,000, or more than double that of the general population, according to a 2018 review.

Today, the Federal Communications Commission adopted rules to establish 988 as the new, nationwide, 3-digit phone number for Americans in crisis to connect with suicide prevention and mental health crisis…

On an afternoon in early April, while New York City was in the throes of what would be the deadliest days of the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Lorna M. Breen found…

Some suicide prevention hotlines in Massachusetts have seen a significant increase in calls in the first six months of 2020, with the most notable jump happening since the pandemic began…

As COVID-19 continues to grip the nation and dominate headlines, suicide equally remains an important public health issue in Ohio. Following the Suicide Prevention Plan for Ohio released by Governor…

A sweeping new examination of suicide in Ohio in the past decade finds that 37 of the 88 counties now surpass the national rate, and the coronavirus pandemic likely is…

While the pandemic has had an obvious impact on everyone’s lives, experts are now seeing the less obvious toll the coronavirus and shelter-in-place orders are having on mental health.

Schizophrenia as a disorder signifies a diverse set of symptoms expressed differently across patients and also differs over the course of illness. 

Men are dying at higher rates from COVID-19 than are women, and there are likely many reasons for that trend, from potentially weaker immune systems to riskier choices surrounding alcohol…

When I was initially asked to write about suicide prevention, I figured I would provide facts, statistics, and resources to help others however my train of thought quickly morphed into…