Maine announces leader of new violence prevention office
The commissioner of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services named a leader for a new state office focused on ...
Why one Colorado county — alone among large communities — has seen a steady drop in its suicide rate over five years
Larimer County in northern Colorado has shown what appears to be a steady, sustained drop in its raw suicide rate.
Study finds parental emotional abuse linked to teen suicide attempts
A study by CUNY SPH alumna Abigail Lyons and faculty from the CUNY Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health ...
University of Montana goes fully online for master’s in school counseling
In a move designed in part to reach rural areas of the state, the University of Montana announced it has switched from ...
In Oregon, older adults are the most likely age group to die by suicide, but prevention efforts remain scarce
Every Thursday, a group of six to eight seniors trickle into a room full of books and knitting magazines in Sherwood’s ...
A mental health myth continues to circulate. What is it – and why?
“Supporting the myth serves no useful purpose and may have a contagious effect on vulnerable people who are experiencing a ...
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Suicide rate is low during the holidays, but the holiday-suicide myth persists
and suicide-prevention groups, along with the Annenberg Public Policy Center, say that reporters should consult reliable sources such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Getting to the bottom of the 'holiday suicide' myth
The suicide rate is at an all-year low at holiday time, but the myth that it rises endures – but why? An analysis of the past ...
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Awareness of 988 suicide prevention hotline telephone number slowly grows, survey finds
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Two years after the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline telephone number was introduced, only 15% of American adults say they know about it, according to a new national survey by ...
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Hoffman Construction builds 'tough enough to talk' culture to prevent suicide
An estimated 6,000 construction workers died by suicide in 2022, the most recent data available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Construction workers are six times more ...