In its National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R) released in July 2005, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) revealed the incredible prevalence of mental illnesses, the early age ...
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Suicide rate debate
Youth suicide rates have tripled since the 1950s. Why? Why do more of today’s youngsters feel that life is not worth living, that death is the way out of the pain of day-to-day life? David Lester ...
Cognitive therapy
Cognitive therapy shown to reduce suicide risk in landmark study RESEARCH UPDATE—Sept. 12, 2005—Attempted suicide is one of the strongest risk factors for suicide deaths in adults. Alarmingly, ...
Rural America
Mental health research suggests that loss is a risk for suicide attempt and completion. Sudden loss, such as that brought about by the diagnosis of a terminal illness or threat of incarceration, ...
Sowing hope
Sowing hope Psychologist-farmer Mike Rosmann toils to prevent suicide in agricultural communities Psychologist and farmer is a rare combination of occupations, yet Mike Rosmann lays claim to ...
Cultural disparities
Disproportionately high rates of poverty, unemployment, substance abuse and suicide have plagued Native Americans for decades. On some reservations unemployment is as high as 75 percent, and ...
Native youngsters
Far too many Native youngsters live in homes broken by poverty, substance abuse, domestic violence, incarceration and suicide. Communities in Indian Country, scarred by centuries of historical ...
Culture shock
Calling for cultural competency when considering how to prevent suicide They are among a growing cadre of researcher-advocates calling for more “cultural competency” when treating patients who ...
Rural risk
Settings where populations at high risk for suicide can be found and where outreach can be effective include: • Farm credit offices • Unemployment offices • Juvenile detention facilities • Home ...
Rural disparities
For all the seeming peace of pastoral country life, those who reside in rural and remote areas face daunting challenges summed up by one word: loss. Patricia Kendall has learned firsthand about ...