NEW YORK — More than one in 10 young LGBTQ people in the U.S. attempted suicide last year, while only half of those who wanted mental health care were able to access it, according to a survey released Wednesday. Findings from the 6th Annual National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People show that the shocking, yet expected, high rate of suicide risk among LGBTQ youth demonstrates .
More than 1 in 10 LGBTQ youth said they have attempted suicide in the past year, according to a new survey. The survey from The Trevor Project found 12 percent of LGBTQ youth aged 13 to 24 said they attempted suicide in the past year. Thirty-nine percent of the same group said they “seriously considered…
A taxi driver in Japan’s Hyogo prefecture received a commendation from local authorities for his intervention that prevented a young woman from attempting suicide at a dam site. A trip to the dam: Masamune Higashino, 61, reportedly picked up a woman in her 20s from a JR station in the Kanzaki district on Oct. 13 and drove her to a dam within the same area. The cab driver noted that while the woman initially expressed her fondness for dams, she displayed no excitement or interest in taking photos upon reaching the destination.
For decades, discussions of suicide prevention skirted questions about firearms. But some families who’ve lost a loved one to suicide want to talk openly.