By Natalie Jacewicz It was 1:30 a.m., and Anna was trying to keep her mind off her ex-boyfriend, with whom she had ended a painful ...
Read More »For suicidal veterans, loneliness is the deadliest enemy
About 20 veterans commit suicide every day. The primary enemy most veterans face after service is not war-related trauma but loneliness, according to a new ...
Read More »What happens when your doctor commits suicide?
By Michael F Myers, MD It is well known that many people are impacted when individuals kill themselves: family members, friends, coworkers, acquaintances, neighbors, to ...
Read More »Doctor Burnout And Suicide At Dangerously High Rates
Doctors are experience burnout at higher rates than ever before and, unfortunately, resolving their conflicts with suicide. “Four hundred U.S. physicians take their own lives ...
Read More »Doctors Should Screen Teens for Major Depression
Primary care doctors should screen all patients between 12 and 18 years of age for major depression, but not younger children, preventive health experts say. ...
Read More »U.S. Gun-Related Murder Rate 25 Times Higher Than Other Nations
Americans are 10 times more likely to be killed by guns than people in other developed countries, a new study finds. Compared to 22 other ...
Read More »Suicide Among School Children Has Not Improved
Disturbing news regarding elementary school children: Suicide rates have not improved over the past 20 years. We’re talking about kids ages 5-11 years old, who ...
Read More »Doctors and Cancer Patients Sue California for Right to Die
A group of cancer patients filed a lawsuit Wednesday in California seeking to overturn a law that prosecutes physicians who prescribe end-of-life medication to mentally ...
Read More »High Rates of Medical Resident Suicides: “We know how to kill ourselves.”
After recently graduating medical school and impressing hospital staff as a young intern, a New York City physician committed suicide in August. Just a few ...
Read More »Why Do People Become Suicidal?
By Alan Lyndon Comedian Robin Williams died from asphyxia due to hanging, according to Lt. Keith Boyd of the Marin County, California Sheriff’s Office. The actor was ...
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