He was a precious lifeline for me during the Covid lockdown in India, but he struggled with family pressures and heartbreak.
Tag: Suicides and Suicide Attempts
‘The Best Tool We Have’ for Self-Harming and Suicidal Teens
Studies indicate that dialectical behavior therapy offers greater benefits than more generalized therapy. But treatment is intensive, and expensive.
Cambridge Opens an Inquiry After Student Deaths
One of the deaths is confirmed to have been suicide and the others are suspected of being suicides. The university is working with the National Health Service to investigate.
Other Countries Had Mass Shootings. Then They Changed Their Gun Laws.
Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway: All had a culture of gun ownership, and all tightened restrictions anyway. Their violence statistics now diverge sharply from those of the U.S.
Hundreds of Suicidal Teens Sleep in Emergency Rooms. Every Night.
With inpatient psychiatric services in short supply, adolescents are spending days, even weeks, in hospital emergency departments awaiting the help they desperately need.
Family’s Balcony Death in Switzerland Appears to Be Suicide
The investigation suggests that the victims jumped from the seventh-floor balcony “one after the other,” the police said.
A #MeToo Moment Shakes Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox
An acclaimed religious children’s author was accused of abusing women and children. Then he killed himself, sending shock waves through the conservative community.
Lawmakers Urge Big Tech to ‘Mitigate Harm’ of Suicide Site and Seek Justice Inquiry
A House committee sought briefings from search engines whose services might have been leveraged by the site, which has been linked to numerous deaths. Seven House members asked the Justice Department about avenues for investigation.
Lawmakers Urge Tech Companies to ‘Mitigate Harm’ of Suicide Website
A House committee is seeking briefings from search engines and web-hosting companies whose services might have been leveraged by the site, which has been linked to numerous deaths.
Surgeon General Warns of Youth Mental Health Crisis
The coronavirus pandemic intensified a rise in adolescent depression, anxiety and mental health distress that was underway before the spring of 2020.