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News Articles: suicide

A Promising New Treatment For Suicidal Ideation

In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University,...

April 28, 2020
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By:
  • Drew Dawson
Georgia has one of the highest rates of inmate suicide in the nation at nearly double the national average.

Tagged as: 

  • Mental Health

High Rate Of Prison Suicides In Georgia Draws Concerns

When Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide last month in a New York Corrections Facility, questions about the state of mental healthcare in America’s prisons...

September 24, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Pria Mahadevan
The first Hope Givers Festival takes place May 11 in LaGrange.

Tagged as: 

  • Mental Health

New LaGrange Festival Celebrates Music, Mindfulness, Mental Health

The U.S. Mental Health Care System is a multi-billion dollar industry, yet countless people living with or affected by mental illness fall through the...

May 10, 2019
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By:
  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott

Tagged as: 

  • Mental Health

Georgia Suicides Up, Facebook Aims To Help With Mental Health

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among 15 to 29-year-olds in the United States. A 2018 study from the Centers For Disease Control and...

January 08, 2019
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By:
  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott
Marquise Tolbert of Fairburn, Georgia, tweeted the above statement before he took his own life in 2012.

Georgia Mother Remembers Late Son

Suicide is a leading cause of death in Georgia and has touched the lives of many people in the state. Schrence Echols of Fairburn, Georgia, lost her son...

June 12, 2018
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By:
  • Fenly Foxen and
  • Virginia Prescott
The New York Times dedicated three reporters, part of the front page and a two-page spread to the memory of Kate Spade.

Farai Chideya: National Media Forgot Audience In Coverage Of Kate Spade Tragedy

When fashion designer Kate Spade died last week of an apparent suicide, there was an outpouring of grief, from Twitter to the front page of the New York...

June 12, 2018
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By:
  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott
 Suicide rates increased in nearly every state from 1999 through 2016.

Why Are More Americans Taking Their Own Lives, And What Can Be Done To Stop Them?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta says suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, and according to a new...

June 12, 2018
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By:
  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott
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On Second Thought For Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Ted Cruz and John Kasich dropped out of the Presidential race last week, leaving Donald Trump as the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee. But his...

May 17, 2016
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee

What Can Schools Do About Suicide?

A recent story published in the University of Georgia student newspaper The Red and Black claims the university placed a student on interim suspension...

May 11, 2016
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Linda Chen

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