Lawmakers are demanding answers after the suicide deaths of two young people involved in a transgender hormone study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Additionally, 11 participants reported suicidal thoughts during the study, according to a January article by researchers published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). In a letter to Dr. Lawrence Tabak, acting…
Two Youths Commit Suicide in Taxpayer-Funded Cross-Sex Hormone Study
May 10, 2023
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Parents of Teenager Who Took His Own Life After ‘Sextortion’ Highlight Dangers of Online Scams
May 5, 2023
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The parents of a 17-year-old Michigan teenager who took his own life after being targeted in a “sextortion” scam online are warning parents to have “tough conversations” with their children about the dangers posed by such scams. Jordan DeMay, from Marquette, Michigan, was found dead by law enforcement officers on March 25, 2022, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound….
Nationwide Behavioral Health Crisis Line Sees Post-Pandemic Rise in Calls
PHOENIX, Ariz.—For those feeling trapped and alone in the middle of a behavioral health crisis, suicide can seem like a solution. There are times when call takers at Solari Crisis and Human Services in Phoenix, Arizona, will have people on the phone literally on the precipice. “We do get callers with guns to their heads,”…
Suicides Increased in 2nd Year of Pandemic, Reversing 2 Years of Declines: CDC Report
Suicide rates increased during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic after declining the previous two years, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows. According to the CDC data, after increasing between 2001 and 2018, the age-adjusted suicide rate declined for two years across the United States through 2020 but then increased by 4…
Utah Man Who Killed Family Vented His Anger in Suicide Note
SALT LAKE CITY—A Utah man who fatally shot his wife, her mother, and the couple’s five kids after he was investigated for child abuse left a suicide note saying he “would rather rot in hell” than continue enduring what he called controlling behavior by his wife, investigators wrote in a report released on Friday. The…
Child and Teen Suicide Attempts Rose 22 Percent During Pandemic, Researchers Say
Emergency room visits for suicide attempts among minors increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the number of visits from youths who considered suicide also rising, researchers have found. In a paper published in The Lancet Psychiatry on Thursday, researchers from the University of Calgary, the University of Ottawa, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Toronto’s…
Could Vitamin D Help Save Our Veterans?
March 12, 2023
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Findings from a new study have shown that vitamin D may lower the risk of suicide and suicide attempts in U.S. veterans with low vitamin D levels. The study found that veterans who received vitamin D had a 64 percent lower risk of suicide than those who did not receive supplementation. The study was published…
Police: 5 Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide in South Florida
MIAMI LAKES, Fla.—Police in South Florida were investigating five deaths Friday in what they believe to be a murder-suicide. Miami-Dade police officers responded to a Miami Lakes home Friday morning after a relative requested a welfare check because she had been unable to contact the occupants, a news release said. After meeting with the relative,…
Suicide Bombing in Southwestern Pakistan Kills 10 Police Officers
QUETTA, Pakistan—A suicide bomber on a motorcycle rammed a police truck in Pakistan’s restive southwest, killing 10 police officers and wounding 12 in one of the deadliest attacks on security forces in recent months, authorities said. The newly formed Tehreek-e-Jihad al-Qaeda-aligned group hours later in a statement claimed responsibility for the attack, which took place on…
Canada Has Sixth-Highest Suicide Rate in Americas, Says First Study of Its Kind
A new study ranks Canada as having the sixth-highest suicide mortality rate in 2019, out of 33 countries in North, Central, and South America. Conducted by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and published on Feb. 23 in The Lancet Regional Health, the study is the first of its kind to examine the…
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