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Teen with life-threatening depression finally found hope. Then insurance cut her off

Despite laws that say mental health care should be paid for on a par with other medical care, health insurance stopped covering the care a suicidal teen needed before she was stable.

April 18, 2023
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
A sign calling attention to drug overdoses is posted in a gas station on the White Earth reservation in Ogema, Minn.. A new study shows that early deaths due to addiction and suicide have impacted American Indian and Alaska Native communities far more than white communities.

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  • Health

Native Americans left out of 'deaths of despair' research

During the time that deaths from addiction and suicide among white Americans rose by about 9%, deaths among Native Americans shot up by about 30%, a new study shows.

February 01, 2023
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
Austin McEntyre is shown in a yearbook photo from Heard County High School

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  • News

A bullied West Georgia teen died by suicide. Now his mom is speaking out so others get help

Lisa McEntyre is talking about her son's suicide to spread the word about being kind and seeking help.

November 21, 2022
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  • Orlando Montoya
A U.S. Army Airborne Ranger soldier

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  • News

Three Army Rangers have died since July at Hunter Army Airfield, officials say. Two were suicides

Three soldiers from the 75th Ranger Regiment have died between July 31 and Oct. 6 at Hunter Army Airfield. 

October 14, 2022
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By:
  • Jake Shore and
  • Margaret Coker
Stephanie Basey

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  • News

How researchers are getting farmers to talk about mental health

Researchers across Georgia are trying to address mental health in the agriculture community, but the stigma associated with the topic is a major obstacle.

August 09, 2022
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By:
  • Riley Bunch
Barbara Wheatley takes phone calls as part of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Network. Wheatley is an alcohol and substance abuse counselor, and the lead clinician for mobile crisis response for Memorial Behavioral Health in Springfield, Ill.

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  • Mental Health

Some states are struggling to prepare for calls to the 988 mental health crisis line

With the new three-digit number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline set to launch in days, several states have been beset by staffing crunches, dropped or rerouted calls and lack of planning.

July 11, 2022
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By:
  • Carter Barrett
The Veterinary Mental Health Initiative, which offers free support groups and one-on-one help to vets across the country, has helped Razyeeh Mazaheri work through the anxiety she was feeling.

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  • National

It's not just doctors and nurses. Veterinarians are burning out, too

A spike in pandemic pets is increasing shortages and burnout among veterinarians — a field that already had high rates of suicide. A new mental health initiative offers professional help for free.

April 11, 2022
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By:
  • April Dembosky
Close friends Joshua Paredes, Michael Walujo and John LeBlanc are working together to set up a crisis help line for nurses following the suicide of their friend Michael Odell in January.

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  • Health

A nurse's death raises the alarm about the profession's mental health crisis

After nearly two years of grueling shifts treating COVID patients, a group of nurses lost one of their closest friends to suicide. They're determined not to let others fall through the cracks.

April 01, 2022
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
Georgia State Patrol vehicle

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  • Politics

State lawmakers line up behind bipartisan plan to compensate police suicide survivors

A bipartisan group of Georgia lawmakers is working to get a bill across the Legislature’s finish line that would remove barriers that prevent families of police officers who died by suicide from collecting the same benefits as survivors of officers who die in the line of duty.

March 23, 2022
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Chris Baggett family

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  • News

Ga. Senate GOP lawmaker revives measure to expand PTSD support for first responders

An effort to provide worker’s compensation for first responders struggling with their mental health was revived in the Senate after a similar one stalled in the House.

March 02, 2022
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By:
  • Riley Bunch
A woman kneels at a grave

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  • Mental Health

50% of suicide victims interact with health care system in the month before their deaths

In January, the Pew Charitable Trusts launched a project dedicated to reducing suicide rates by making risk assessment a part of routine hospital visits. 

February 21, 2022
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Nerissa Wright's son, Dontavis Mintz, died for reasons she still doesn't know while jailed at Ware State Prison near Waycross. The US Department of Justice is investigating the Georgia Department of Corrections largely because of such deaths.

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  • Law

A mother's son died in Georgia prison. The Department of Justice wonders if understaffing is why

The U.S. Department of Justice wants to know if understaffing in Georgia prisons is deadly. And a Georgia mother has questions about how — and why — her convicted son died at 24, just six years into his life sentence.

 

November 17, 2021
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
After two student suicides over one October weekend, UNC students created a makeshift memorial on the Chapel Hill campus. To reduce the risk of suicide contagion, any memorial sites or activities should be limited, experts say, and should not glorify, vilify or stigmatize the deceased student or their death.

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  • Health

Colleges are turning to science to limit suicide contagion and help heal campuses

The new strategy is called "postvention." It means having a plan built on truth, compassion and counseling that quickly addresses the mental health needs of friends and classmates after a suicide.

November 16, 2021
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By:
  • Aneri Pattani
Silhouette of a U.S. Marine praying, photographed from behind.

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  • National

Since 9/11, Military Suicides Are 4 Times Higher Than Deaths In War Operations

The new data highlights the divide between the dangers posed by war and the persistent mental health crisis in not only the military but the country at large.

June 25, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
An abrupt spike in suicide deaths among students in the Clark County School District has officials in the Las Vegas district wondering if pressures brought on by the coronavirus pandemic might have been part of what fueled the increase.

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  • Health

Child Psychiatrists Warn That The Pandemic May Be Driving Up Kids' Suicide Risk

A cluster of suicides in Las Vegas, plus a troubling rise in youth suicide attempts observed in ERs nationwide, is raising fears that the pandemic is fueling a children's mental health crisis.

February 02, 2021
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
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