Suicides Declined Overall in 2020 by 5 Percent While Perhaps Rising Among Nonwhites

 U.S. Suicides Declined Over All In 2020 But May Have Risen Among People Of Color by Ron  Caryn Rabin.  The New York Times.  April 15, 2021.  

Responding To Healthcare Workers' Mental Health Needs

Covid-19 Is Pushing Doctors To The Brink.  Medicine Needs To Recognize They're Human And Need Help. Ester Choo, M.D.  The Washington Post.  July 20, 2020.

Study Points To Possible Link Between Minimum Wage Hikes And Lower Suicide Rates

Minimum Wage Raises Could Lower Suicide Rates, Study Says by Mihir Zaveri.  The New York Times.  January 14, 2020.

Death Rates Increase For Middle-Aged People Of All Racial And Ethnic Groups

It's Not Just Poor White People Driving A Decline In Life Expectancy by Gina Kolata And Sabrina Tavernise.  The New York Times.  November 26, 2019.

Suicides And Homicides On The Rise In Young People

Suicides And Homicides On The Rise In Young People by Linda Carroll.  NBC News.  October 17, 2019.

U.S. Deaths From Alcohol, Drugs, And Suicide Hit Highest Level Since The Beginning Of Record-Keeping

U.S. Deaths From Alcohol, Drugs And Suicide Hit Highest Level Since Record-Keeping Began by Jayne O'Donnell.  USA TODAY.  March 5, 2019. 

Suicide Prevention Algorithm On Facebook: Effectiveness And Limitations

In Screening For Suicide Risk, Facebook Takes On Tricky Public Health Role by Natasha Singer.  The New York Times.  December 31, 2018. 

40,000 Died From Guns: Highest In 50 Years

Nearly 40,000 People Died From Guns In U.S. Last Year, Highest In 50 Years by Sarah Mervosh.  The New York Times.  December 18, 2018. 

For The Second Time In Three Years, U.S. Life Expectancy Has Ticked Downward

U.S. Life Expectancy Drops Amid 'Disturbing' Rise In Overdoses And Suicides by Colin Dwyer.  NPR.  November 29, 2018.

As U.S. Suicide Rates Rise, Hispanics Show Relative Immunity

As U.S. Suicide Rates Rise, Hispanics Show Relative Immunity by Charlotte Huff.  Kaiser Health News.  October 15, 2018. 

Common Drugs May Be Contributing To Depression

Common Drugs May Be Contributing To Depression by Roni Caryn Rabin.  The New York Times.  June 13, 2018. 

Sucide Rate Increased 25% since 1999; Rural Areas Are Concerning

US Suicide Rates Increased More Than 25% Since 1999, CDC Says by Susan Scutti.  CNN.  June 7, 2018. 

Self Harm Rises Sharply Among Tween And Young Teen Girls

Self-Harm Rises Sharply Among Tween And Young Teen Girls, Study Shows by Melissa Healy.  The Lost Angeles Times.  November 21, 2017. 

Guns Play Oversize Role In Rural Suicides

Guns Play Oversize Role In Rural Suicides by Nicholas Bakalar.  New York Times.  August 17, 2017. 

Suicides In Law Enforcement: More Than Gunfire And Traffic Accidents Combined

Another Sheriff's Deputy Commits Suicide.  His Boss Wants People To Talk About It This Time. by Amy B. Wang. 

Same-Sex Marriage Laws Seems Correlated With Decrease Teen Suicide Attempt Rates; Suicide is Second Leading Cause of Death Among Those 15 To 24 Years

Same-Sex Marriage Laws Might Decrease Teen Suicide Attempt Rates Says Study by AJ Willingham.  CNN.  February 22, 2017. 

Supreme Court Nominee Has Written Extensively On Physician Assistant Suicide

Neil Gorsuch Wrote The Book On Assisted Suicide.  Here's What He Said by Derek Hawkins.  The Washington Post.  February 1, 2017. 

Suicide Rate Among Adolescents Reflects Changing Communications and Culture; Rate Now As High As From Traffic Accident

Young Adolescents As Likely To Die From Suicide As From Traffic Accidents by Sabrina Tavernise.  The New York Times.  November 3, 2016

Depression and Suicide In Doctors In Training

National Academy Of Medicine 'Breaking Silence' On Doctors' Distress, Suicide by Carey Goldberg. WBUR.  October 5, 2016

8 Myths About Suicide That Every Educator And Parent Should Know

8 Myths About Suicide That Every Educator And Parent Should Know by Kavitha Cardoza.  NPR.  September 2, 2016.