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Following a Two-Year Decline, Suicide Rates Rose Again in 2021

Suicide increased among younger Black, Hispanic and Native American people, and declined among whites and older people, the C.D.C. reported.

Following a Two-Year Decline, Suicide Rates Rose Again in 2021

Suicide increased among younger Black, Hispanic and Native American people, and declined among whites and older people, the C.D.C. reported.

A Troubled Mother Faces Murder Charges in Her Young Children’s Deaths

Chilling details emerged at an arraignment of Lindsay Clancy, accused of strangling her three children. Her lawyer argued she was mentally ill, but prosecutors outlined...

Barbara Stanley, Influential Suicide Researcher, Dies at 73

Her simple idea, for patients to write down a plan that would help them weather a suicidal crisis, rapidly spread in clinical settings.

A Fake Death in Romancelandia

A Tennessee homemaker entered the online world of romance writers and it became, in her words, “an addiction.” Things went downhill from there.

Parents Often Bring Children to Psychiatric E.R.s to Subdue Them, Study Finds

Many parents bring children to emergency rooms to manage aggressive behaviors. But the visits offer little long-term benefit, doctors said.

Behind New York City’s Shift on Mental Health, a Solitary Quest

The psychiatrist E. Fuller Torrey has been advocating tougher involuntary psychiatric treatment policies for 40 years. Now it’s paying off.

Sadder but Wiser? Maybe Not.

A landmark 1979 study found that depressed people had a more realistic view of their influence over events. New research calls that into question.

Can Smartphones Help Predict Suicide?

A unique research project is tracking hundreds of people at risk for suicide, using data from smartphones and wearable biosensors to identify periods of high...

How Russian Trolls Helped Keep the Women’s March Out of Lock Step

As American feminists came together in 2017 to protest Donald Trump, Russia’s disinformation machine set about deepening the divides among them.
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