[…] made the Center a priority to meet a growing need. Almost a third of veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq confront mental health problems. In 2006, the suicide rate in the Army reached its highest level in 26 years. Approximately 30% of veterans treated in the Veterans health system suffer from depressive symptoms, two […]
Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., with nearly 50,000 deaths in 2021, according to the CDC. The rate of attempts is many times higher, said Dr. Ken Duckworth, NAMI CMO. A survivor once told Duckworth that she felt like an “emotional burn victim” and every part of […]
A recent Johns Hopkins University analysis of CDC data reveals that in 2022 the gun suicide rate for Black teens surpassed that of white teens for the first time and the suicide rate for Black kids and teens has tripled over the past two decades. “Whether it be racism, discrimination…kids are struggling across so […]
Highlights NAMI’s 4 star rating and that over the last five years, five of the country’s largest, most respected suicide prevention organizations have reported a 67 percent increase in revenue growth. These funds have been used to provide crisis services and mental health resources, fund research, and launch creative campaigns to reach new, vulnerable audiences.
If there is one rule of thumb, it is this: Listen. Everyone’s different, but these will also give you insight into what someone who’s suicidal really needs.
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Transgender persons who were denied access were 1.45 times as likely to have attemptede suicide.
[…] half of the people in U.S. jails are detained pretrial; they not been convicted of any crime, are awaiting further court proceedings, and are presumed innocent. The suicide rate of pretrial detainees is three times higher than the jail population who have been convicted and ten times higher than the general population. Using the […]
Movies and television have the unique ability to provide examples to the general public about how to recognize and respond to warning signs that someone is considering suicide.
More than 10 years have passed since our eldest son died by suicide. As I reflect on the first year after his death, I remember how it felt impossible to accept the painful new reality. For years afterward, my husband and I tried to come to terms with our excruciating loss and all that […]
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