Long Covid is responsible for thousands of US deaths, report says, but true numbers are likely much higher
CNN — Long Covid leaves some people with long-term symptoms, but it can also be deadly. It was implicated in at least 3,544 deaths in […]
Suicide
How my brother’s suicide changed my practice as a psychologist.
Welcome to state of minda new department at Slate and Arizona State University dedicated to mental health research. Follow us on Twitter. Dad’s prognosis wasn’t […]
LGBTQIA+ youth are more than twice as likely to attempt suicide as their straight peers
Summary: Young people who are members of the LGBTQIA+ community are twice as likely to have suicidal thoughts and attempts as their straight peers. Source: […]
A diagnosis of dementia increases the risk of suicide for people under the age of 65, the study finds
CNN — According to the latest research, a diagnosis of dementia more than doubles the risk of suicide in the first three months after the […]
COVID’s long link to suicide: Scientists warn of hidden crisis
CHICAGO/LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Scott Taylor never got away from COVID-19. The 56-year-old, who contracted the disease in spring 2020, still hadn’t recovered about […]
The Georgia family blames Propecia for their son’s suicide
If going bald wasn’t discouraging enough for some people, the FDA now requires labels for the hair-loss pill Propecia to include a warning about “suicidal […]
Ashley Judd says the suicide of grieving mother Naomi was “extraordinarily difficult for me”.
Ashley Judd opens up about her grief after mother Naomi Judd’s suicide. “It was abrupt and painful and my world is upside down,” the 54-year-old […]
Mark Fleischman’s widow on what it was like to see him die by legal suicide
As Mark Fleischman drank the sodium pentothal that would kill him Wednesday, he stared at Mimi, his wife of 27 years. “We looked at each […]
Mark Fleischman, owner of Studio 54, dies at the age of 82 by assisted suicide
Mark Fleischman, a nightclub impresario who bought the hedonistic New York nightspot Studio 54 from its imprisoned founders in the early 1980s and was its […]
FBI agents say R. Kelly was not placed on suicide watch as punishment
R. Kelly’s claim that he was placed under suicide watch in a Brooklyn jail as punishment for his rampant sex crimes was derided by prosecutors. […]