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14 May
Popular Weight Loss Drugs Do Not Increase the Risk of Depression, Anxiety or Suicidal Ideation, Study Finds
In a new study, researchers found no association between treatment with GLP-1 Receptor Agonists like Ozempic and Wegovy and increased risk of adverse psychiatric events.
04 Sep
Taking Ozempic or Wegovy Does Not Increase Risk for Mental Health Issues, Study Finds
Researchers find no link between semaglutide, the main ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, and depression, suicidal thoughts or behaviors in patients with no prior history of the conditions.
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Trump Administration To End Lifeline for LGBTQ+ Youth This July
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- June 20, 2025
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A popular crisis support line for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults is shutting down July 17, federal officials confirmed this week.
The “Press 3” option on the 988 National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which offers specialized support for LGBTQ+ callers, will ...
Electroshock Therapy Appears To Reduce Suicide Risk Among People With Depression
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 17, 2025
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People with severe depression who receive electroshock therapy are significantly less likely to commit suicide, a new evidence review says.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) lowered the risk of ...
Troubled Kids Wait a Half-Day — Or More — In ER To Get Mental Health Care
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 4, 2025
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Troubled children and teenagers are languishing hours in chaotic hospital emergency rooms, waiting for a psychiatric bed to open, a new study says.
About 1 in 3 kids who go to an emergency room (ER) amid a mental health crisis wait at least 12 hours to be transferred to ...
Sexual Assault Triples Suicide Risk Among Veterans
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 30, 2025
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Sexual assault and sexual harassment during military service dramatically increases veterans’ risk of suicide later in life, a new study says.
Suicide risk is tripled among men and women who experienced sexual trauma while serving, researchers reported April 28 in ...
Most Americans Want Easy Early Testing For Alzheimer's
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 30, 2025
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Most Americans want to know if they’re destined to lose their brain power to Alzheimer’s disease, according to an annual repor...
'Zero Suicide' Model Leads To Fewer Suicides in Health Systems
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- April 9, 2025
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A health care program focused on suicide prevention has helped lower suicides and attempts, a new study shows.
The program, called the "Zero Suicide Model," relies on screeni...
Social Media Can Drag Down Troubled Young People
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- March 28, 2025
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Is there a person in your life who just can’t stop scrolling social media, almost as if they’ve formed an emotional dependence on sites like Instagram and TikTok?
Such an attachment might be associated with worse mental health symptoms among young people bein...
Death Risk Doubled For ER Patients On Psychedelics
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- March 3, 2025
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People who land in the ER after using hallucinogens are more than twice as likely to die in a handful of years, a new study says.
Psychedelics users treated at a hospital are 2.6 times more likely than average folks to die from any cause within five years, researchers re...
Seniors Overlooked By Suicide Prevention Programs
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- March 3, 2025
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Suicide prevention campaigns are overlooking seniors, even though people 75 and older have the highest rates of suicide for any age group, a new study says.
None of the seven most prominent suicide prevention programs include any messaging aimed at at-risk seniors on the...
A Suicide Death Occurs Every 43 Seconds Worldwide
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 26, 2025
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A person dies by suicide once every 43 seconds, and it’s more than likely a man, according to a new global assessment of suicide risk.
Men die from suicide at twice the rate of women, and their attempts result in death three times more often, researchers reported i...
Weight-Obsessed Teens Face Triple the Odds for Self-Harm
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- February 12, 2025
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Even if a teen is at a healthy weight, just thinking they are overweight can greatly raise their odds for self-harm, a new study finds.
“What we found was that the perception of being overweight has a much stronger effect of suicidal ideation than the objective mea...
Crisis Services Haven't Adapted To New 988 Suicide Hotline
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 30, 2025
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Most community crisis services did not expand following the launch of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, potentially blunting the effectiveness of the hotline, a new study says.
Walk-in psychiatric services, mobile crisis response units and suicide prevention program...
The Public Policies That Really Help Prevent Suicide
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 9, 2025
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Some of the most effective public policies for suicide prevention aren’t crafted with suicide or mental health in mind, a new study says.
Efforts to increase the minimum wage, prohibit gender discrimination, or ...
New Youth Mental Health Program Shows Promise
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- December 19, 2024
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Teenagers who land in an ER with a mental health crisis can be effectively helped by a community-based program.
New research shows that troubled teens placed in such a program were significantly less likely to return to the ER or require inpatient psychiatric care due to...
Reaching Age at Which a Parent Died by Suicide Raises Risk in Adult Child
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- November 25, 2024
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When people whose parents died by suicide reach that same age, their own risk often spikes, Danish researchers warn.
Reporting in the journal Suicide and Life-Threatening Behaviors, the re...
Telehealth Can Help Prevent Suicide in Those at High Risk
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 13, 2024
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Therapy provided via telehealth can reduce a person’s risk of suicide, a new study reports.
Cognitive behavior therapy reduces suicide attempts and suicidal thoughts even if delivered for a short time via telehealth, according to results published Nov. 12 in the jo...
History of Concussion Could Raise a New Mom's Odds for Mental Health Issues
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 4, 2024
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Women who’ve had concussions are more likely to suffer severe mental health problems following childbirth, a new study shows...
One Day of the Week Has Highest Suicide Risk
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 24, 2024
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A “case of the Mondays” is more perilous than just the return-to-work blues, a new study warns.
Suicide risk is highest on ...
GLP-1 Weight-Loss Meds Won't Raise Teens' Suicide Risk, May Even Lower It
- HealthDay Reporter
- October 14, 2024
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As with any new drug, parents and doctors may worry that the use of GLP-1 weight-loss meds by children and teens might raise psychiatric risks, including the risk for suicide and suicidal thoughts.
But a new study involving more than 54,000 U.S. adolescents found no such...
Were FDA's 'Black Box' Warnings on Antidepressants a Mistake? Youth Suicides Rose Afterwards
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 8, 2024
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"Black Box” warnings added to antidepressants might have contributed to an increase in suicide attempts and deaths among young people, ...
Restrictive State Laws Tied to Higher Suicide Risk for Trans Youth
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- October 2, 2024
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In a finding that illustrates the damage that laws targeting transgender people can cause, new research shows that trans and nonbinary youth in states with such laws are more likely to attempt suicide.
How much more likely? The study authors found the laws triggered up t...
Adding Routine 'Suicide Care' to Primary Care Could Save Lives
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- October 2, 2024
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More and more, primary care doctors routinely ask patients a question that may come as a surprise: Do you ever have suicidal thoughts?
Now, new research shows it's a simple intervention that can save lives.
When suicide care was made a routine part of primary care ...
U.S. Suicide Death Rate Is Rising Again
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- September 26, 2024
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U.S. suicide rates are ticking back upward again after a dip during the pandemic, new statistics show.
Suicide deaths per 100,000 people had fallen from 14.2 recorded in the pre-pandemic year of 2018 to 13.5 in 2020.
However, by 2022, the latest year for which sta...
988 Mental Health Crisis Calls Now Link to Caller Location, Not Area Code
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- September 25, 2024
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In a move that could mean more Americans in crisis get help and get it quickly, federal officials announced Tuesday that major cellphone carriers now have the technology to direct 988 callers to local mental health services based on their location instead of their area code.
Many Former NFL Players Believe They Have CTE, Raising Suicide Risk
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 23, 2024
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One in three former NFL players believe they have football-related brain damage that’s doing untold harm to their lives, a new study finds.
Unfortunately, their fears might be harming their mental health on top of whatever risks they face from
It's High Number of Guns, Not Mental Health Crises, That Drives U.S. Gun Deaths: Study
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 11, 2024
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Widespread and easy access to guns is the reason behind the shockingly high rate of firearm deaths in the United States, and not any rise in mental health problems suffered by perpetrators, a new study shows.
The United States has the same burden of mental health disorde...
U.S. Suicide Rates Rise in Less Affluent Areas
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- September 10, 2024
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An analysis of where suicides are occurring in the United States shows that, tragically, location matters.
People living in poorer areas with fewer resources are significantly more likely to fall victim to suicide versus those living in more affluent areas, new data from...
Ozempic, Wegovy Won't Raise User's Suicide Risk, Study Finds
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 3, 2024
- Full Page
The booming popularity of the weight-loss drug semaglutide has prompted increasing concerns about potential side effects from taking Ozempic or
Female Doctors Face Higher Risk for Suicide
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 22, 2024
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Suicide rates among female doctors are significantly higher than those of the general population, a new study finds.
Female doctors hav...
Text Message Program Helps Teens at Risk for Suicide
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 16, 2024
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Kids considering suicide after receiving mental health care at a hospital can be helped by automated text messages that help them feel hopeful and supported, a new study finds.
Children receiving the texts as part of a program called Caring Contacts said they felt more p...
Are Celebrity Suicides 'Contagious' Among Regular Folk?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 1, 2024
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Celebrity suicides seem to be contagious, prompting everyday folks to consider the same, a new study suggests.
The 2014 suicide death of comedian Robin Williams caused a thousand-fold increase in the risk of suicidal thoughts, reflected in a spike in calls to what was th...
Suicides Among Kids Ages 8 to 12 Are Rising, Especially Among Girls
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- July 30, 2024
- Full Page
The kids are not alright.
New data shows a troubling 8% annual increase in the number of American children ages 8 to 12 who died by suicide, with the sharpest increase seen among girls.
Suicide has now become the fifth leading cause of death among both male and fem...
Most U.S. Youth Who Die by Suicide Don't Have Diagnosed Mental Health Issue
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 30, 2024
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Three out of five young people who die by suicide don’t have any prior mental health diagnosis, a new study finds.
People are missing the telltale signs that children, ...
Two Years Later, 988 Crisis Line Has Answered 10 Million Requests
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- July 17, 2024
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Just two years after the launch of the nation's three-digit crisis hotline, more than 10 million calls, texts and chat messages have been fielded by counselors, U.S. health officials announced Tuesday.
Too Often, Overdose Survivors Miss Out on Vital Treatments: Study
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 19, 2024
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Most seniors who survive a drug overdose often miss out on treatments that could help save them from a subsequent OD, a new study shows.
Almost 24,000 Medicaid beneficiaries died from a follow-up overdose out of 137,000 who survived an OD in 2020, researchers say. That's...
Surgeon General Calls for Warning Labels on Social Media Sites
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- June 17, 2024
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The U.S. Surgeon General announced Monday that he will push for warning labels on all social media platforms, stating that they may harm teens' mental health.
"The mental health crisis among young people is an emergency -- and social media has emerged as an important con...
Loaded, Unlocked Guns Common in American Homes, Study Finds
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- June 14, 2024
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In half of American homes containing a loaded gun, that gun is kept unsecured and ready for potential use, often with children in the home, new research shows.
The finding is especially troubling given the link between gun accessibility and accidental child deaths, as we...
Almost 1 in 3 Americans Know Someone Who's Died From a Drug Overdose
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- May 31, 2024
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As the opioid addiction crisis continues to lay waste to American life, a new survey finds that nearly a third of U.S. adults now know someone who's died of a drug overdose.
Conducted in the spring of 2023, the survey of 2,300 Americans found 32% saying they'd dealt with...
Suicidal Impulses May Peak During Restless Nights
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 31, 2024
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The wee hours of the morning could be the most dangerous for someone on the brink of suicide or homicide, a new study shows.
There's a five-fold greater risk for suicide and an eight-fold greater risk for homicide between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. for those
Amsterdam's 'Psychiatric Ambulance' Could Be Advance For Those in Mental Health Crisis
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 31, 2024
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Ambulances meant for people having a mental health crisis could help folks get the care they need with less confrontation and friction, a new...
Suicide Rates Among Cancer Patients Are Falling
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- May 30, 2024
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Even as suicide rates have risen among Americans generally, one group appears to be bucking that trend: People diagnosed with cancer.
Experts are crediting improved access to counseling and other "psychosocial care" with easing the emotional toll of cancer and keeping m...
Recent Release From Jail a Big Risk Factor for Suicide
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 15, 2024
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Inmates released from jail have a ninefold increased risk of suicide within the following year, compared to people who've never been incarcerated, new research shows.
"Suicide prevention efforts should focus on people who have spent at least one night in jail in the past...
'Feeling Like a Burden' Can Be Motivator for Suicide in Preteens
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 15, 2024
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Quiet preteens who feel they're a burden on others are more likely to have suicidal thoughts and behaviors, a new study reports.
Criticism from parents or caregivers also increased the likelihood of suicidal thoughts and behaviors, researchers found.
Preteen girls ...
Black and Native Americans Hit Hardest by 'Deaths of Despair'
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 10, 2024
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More middle-aged Black and Native Americans are now falling prey to "deaths of despair"than whites, a new study finds.
These deaths -- from suicide, drug overdose and alcoholic liver disease -- initially had been more common among whites.
But a new analysis has det...
Suicide Rates Have Doubled in 20 Years Among U.S. College Athletes
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 5, 2024
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Suicides among U.S. college athletes have doubled over the past two years, according to data from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
Suicide is now the second most common cause of death for college athletes after accidents, results show.
"Athletes...
Steady Rise in U.S. Suicides Among Adolescents, Teens
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- March 29, 2024
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U.S. rates of suicide by all methods rose steadily for adolescents between 1999 and 2020, a new analysis shows.
During those two decades, over 47,000 Americans between the ages 10 and 19 lost their lives to suicide, the report found, and there have been sharp increases ...
High Rate of Suicidal Thoughts Among Black Men in Rural America: Study
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- March 28, 2024
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Suicidal thoughts and contemplation of death haunt the minds of many rural Black men in the United States, a new study reports.
One in three rural Black men said they had such dark thoughts within the past two weeks, University of Georgia researchers found.
These t...
ADHD Meds Cut Odds for Early Death, Especially by Overdose
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- March 12, 2024
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People diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) show a marked decline in their two-year risk for death once they start taking medication, new research shows.
That w...
Permissive Gun Laws Linked to Higher Suicide Rates
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- March 12, 2024
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When states let gun owners carry a firearm openly without a permit, death rates soar.
Significantly more people died by firearms and suicides in states that have relaxed open carry laws, a nine-year study of death data from all 50 states shows.
"Our analysis ...
Stressed Parents Could Mean More Self-Harm by Kids
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 29, 2024
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Teens have a higher risk of self-injury -- deliberately cutting or burning themselves -- if they have a fraught relationship with a struggling parent, a new study shows.
Teenagers were nearly five times more likely to self-injure if, when they were 6, their moms and dads...