Suicide Archives

06.14.2023 close up of hands holding lit up phone

Top-down Harm Reduction for Social Media

Social media is addictive and generally bad for our health, but there are ways to make it less harmful before even reaching the user.

Guest Author Elsa Pearson Sites

05.12.2023 heat maps depicting age- and year-specific homicide and suicide fatality rates, respectively

Alarmingly Armed: Trends in Firearm Fatalities

Firearm-related deaths are on the rise in the U.S., with persistently high rates of homicide and suicide among males aged 20-39 and 70+ years.

Fellow Adna Jaganjac

04.18.2023 a hand holding a key and a gun

Voluntary, Temporary, Out-of-Home Firearm Storage: An Opportunity for Suicide Prevention

Voluntary storage programs at gun ranges, retailers, or law enforcement agencies may be a promising solution for preventing firearm-related suicides.

Guest Author Emmy Betz

03.22.2023 a person holding a phone

Public Health's Role in Supporting the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

Through evaluation and accountability, policy development, and public trust building, public health professionals can play a key role in supporting the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

Guest Authors Kristen Quinlan, Bruce Crow, Kimberly Townsend

03.07.2023 a graph of different sizes and colors

Queering Is Caring

Access to gender-affirming treatments and care decreased the odds of both depression and suicide in transgender and non-binary youth.

Fellow Bethany Hallenborg

11.30.2022 a collage of graphs and charts

Mental Health Impact

Children who experienced a concussion had a 40% greater risk of developing mental health issues over the following decade than children who had sustained an orthopedic injury.

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

11.29.2022 a blue and orange pie chart

The High Suicide Rates Among Indigenous Populations

Suicide rates among U.S. Indigenous populations increased by 40% between 2010 and 2020, as shown in a new visualization created by the Center for Antiracist Research.

Guest Authors Elaine O. Nsoesie, Yukun Yang

11.28.2022 red telephone on blue background

Calling Crisis Intervention Teams

Half of U.S. counties did not have access to crisis intervention team services in 2020, highlighting a particular need in rural counties.

Guest Author Helen Newton

10.24.2022 a graph of a number of individuals

Gun Sales and Suicides

The type of firearm purchased may be helpful in predicting future suicide risk, among other factors, researchers determined from California data.

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

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