Suicide

The recent Parkland student suicides call attention to the long-term effects of school shootings on mental health, academic performance, and economic achievement.

New research finds kids are more likely to kill themselves if they live in states with high rates of gun ownership.

New CDC data suggests suicide is becoming more commonplace in America.

A survey of youths at high risk of suicide found that half had watched at least one episode of the Netflix series.

New research finds that the rate of such tragedies, which had been declining, has returned to the level of 12 years ago.

With suicide rising among undiagnosed American depressives, I recognized it was time to admit I needed help.

But as with so many social issues, the liberal-conservative divide has grown wider over time.

A new study sheds light on the relationship between above-average temperatures and rising suicide rates.

Can an increase in the volume of suicide contagions potentially explain the steady rise in self-harm across all demographic sectors of society?

A disability rights organization and private lawsuits allege negligence among San Diego County staff and officials toward inmates with mental illnesses. The county says otherwise.

From 1999 through 2016, suicide rates increased in nearly every state, according to a new report.

A conversation with psychologist Ken Falke, who uses the concept of post-traumatic growth—which emphasizes that there can be positive consequences to trauma and suffering—to help combat veteran suicide and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Suffering songwriters have long helped listeners feel less lonely. If only we could repay the favor.

What happens when suicide forestalls any possibility of justice?

High above the rapidly warming Arctic Circle, the people of Clyde River are looking to nature and Inuit tradition in a bid to end the town's epidemic of despair and suicide.

One tragedy appears to have inspired others.

We need to help everyday Americans understand suicide better. Literature is well positioned to serve that function.

New research finds a huge urban-rural gap in the rate of suicide by firearm.

New research suggests the fears of public-health experts were justified.

It's a noble art, but awful profession.

The ruling could change the way courts consider manslaughter cases in the future.

Critics are concerned that a new Netflix show "romanticizes" suicide. A psychologist offers his picks for titles that don't.

What, exactly, does teen suicide tell us about America today?

A look at whether smartphone assistants know to recognize and respond when their owners are in acute distress.