Posts Tagged ‘suicide’
Thoughts of suicide start young
U. WASHINGTON-SEATTLE (US) — Suicidal thoughts and behaviors seen in teens may begin much earlier in life than previously thought. Continue…
Thursday, December 15, 2011 9:52 - 2 Comments
Health & Medicine - Apr 27, 2011 16:06 - 5 Comments
Overdose deaths at epidemic levels
UNC-CHAPEL HILL/DUKE (US) — The number of teens and adults dying from accidental overdoses in 2007 surpassed motor vehicle crashes and suicides, two of the leading causes of injury death. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 25, 2011 10:48 - 5 Comments
Higher suicide rates in happy places
U. WARWICK (UK) — New research confirms a little known and seemingly puzzling fact: Many happy countries have unusually high rates of suicide. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 5, 2011 10:40 - 1 Comment
Gay teens at increased risk of suicide
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Gay teens are almost three times as likely to report attempting a suicide as straight teens, according to a new study. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 2, 2010 12:06 - 1 Comment
Pottersville towns remain 70 years later
U. IOWA (US) — Great Depression-era bank suspensions have had a lasting harmful effect on the hardest-hit communities, affecting suicide rates and disheartening residents decades later. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 27, 2010 11:34 - 3 Comments
Boomers raise midlife suicide rate
EMORY / RUTGERS (US)— The suicide rate for middle-aged people took an upward jump between 1999 and 2005, a new study finds. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 7, 2010 12:54 - 2 Comments
Depression, brain injury go hand-in-hand
U. WASHINGTON (US)—More than half of adults who suffer a traumatic brain injury develop major depression in the following year, according to a new study, but less than 50 percent of them receive antidepressant medications or counseling. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 8, 2010 11:38 - 5 Comments
Gay youth reluctant to report cyberbullying
IOWA STATE—One out of two lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) youth have been victims of cyberbullying, according to a new survey. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 20, 2010 12:02 - 2 Comments
Breaking cycle of family depression
VANDERBILT—Cognitive behavioral intervention for families may help prevent depression in parents with a history of depression and in their 9- to 15-year-old children. (more…)
