Suicide News

Nearly 23% of U.S. adults — or approximately 58.7 million — reported some type of mental illness during 2023, according to results from a national survey on mental health and substance use released by HHS.

In a new study published in the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, researchers discussed how and why dermatologists have a significant role to play in the diagnosing and addressing of body dysmorphic disorder.

Black individuals experienced nonfatal firearm assaults at a rate 20 times higher than their white counterparts in 2019 and 2020, according to new study results published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Risk for psychiatric disorder or suicide attempt is particularly high in the first year following hospitalization for heart disease, and patient support is important to lower such risk, researchers reported.

NEW YORK — Paying attention to one’s lifestyle is a cornerstone to maintaining and improving both physical and mental health, according to the new president of the American Psychiatric Association.

Individuals discharged from psychiatric inpatient care appeared vulnerable to premature death and suicidal behavior, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Since the launch of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in 2022, counselors have answered more than 10 million calls, texts and chats from people seeking help for suicidal thoughts and mental health crises, according to HHS officials.

The rate of cancer-related suicides in the U.S. declined considerably in the past few decades, results of a population-based retrospective study published in Translational Psychiatry showed.

As a child and adolescent psychiatrist, Shama Rathi, MD, spent her time treating children for mental health issues, but she discovered that most of what she was seeing started with a lack of mental health care for their mothers.

In the United States, 41,116 people died by suicide in 2021, making suicides the leading type of violent death that year, MMWR data showed.