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Suicide Rates Continue to Rise Among Middle Aged Men and Women NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Recent statistics released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), show that suicide rates are up slightly for 2008 (the most recent year available). The current rate is 11.84, up from 11.7 in 2007. Suicide is now the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S., accounting for nearly 100 deaths per day. The data show the suicide rates for middle age men and women...

  Study suggests improved screening for suicidal tendencies by primary care providers is needed Suicidal teens are not likely to get the mental healthcare they need. This is according to a team of researchers at Seattle Children's Research Institute, the University of Washington (UW), and Group Health Research Institute. The study, "Adolescents With Suicidal Ideation: Health Care Use and Functioning," was recently published in Academic Pediatrics. The researchers found that only 13...

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A-list celebrities are lending a hand to teens across the country for Suicide Prevention Month. The awareness campaign is part of the hugely successful online teen awareness campaign called "I Am an Archie" for the upcoming release of the award-winning film Archie's Final Project. With the recent attention to high profile suicides, the film's cast and its supporters are turning up the volume to reach teens that have fallen victim to suicidal...

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. and NEW YORK, Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Jason Foundation, Inc. (JFI), a youth suicide prevention and awareness organization, and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) are proud to announce that they intend to introduce The Jason Flatt Act to ten states during the 2012 legislative year. The bill requires states to provide professional training for educators on youth suicide prevention. The Jason Flatt Act helps to provide the...

National Campaign Raises Awareness for National Suicide Prevention Week WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Star of television's hit show, GLEE, Kevin McHale helps to launch The Trevor Project's, "Talk to Me" awareness campaign for National Suicide Prevention Week (September 4-10, 2011) in a new public service announcement available at www.TrevorTalkToMe.org. The multi-faceted campaign is designed to encourage individuals to engage in interpersonal...

SANTA FE, N.M., Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the American Association of Suicidology and the World Health Organization, someone attempts suicide in the US every 38 seconds and almost a million worldwide die from suicide every year, leaving behind countless millions bereaved by suicide. Recognizing a growing concern, Cheryl Brown and Michelle Linn-Gust, Ph.D. felt that they needed to do something to help. They realized that the Internet would provide an easy way for people...

Minnesota-based Suicide Prevention Organization Recognized as a Leader in the Field WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SAVE - Suicide Awareness Voices of Education - was honored at the White House as a "Champions of Change" on Thursday, August 25, for its work in the area of suicide prevention. SAVE Executive Director Dr. Dan Reidenberg and Board President Joe Stackhouse accepted the honor on SAVE's behalf following a roundtable discussion with White House policy officials...

Men nearly twice as likely as women to use a method that disfigures the face or head when taking their own lives Women who commit suicide are more likely than men to avoid facial disfiguration, but not necessarily in the name of vanity. Valerie Callanan from the University of Akron and Mark Davis from the Criminal Justice Research Center at the Ohio State University, USA, show that there are marked gender differences in the use of suicide methods that disfigure the face or head. While...

ALBANY, N.Y., Aug. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York State Office of Mental Health (NYSOMH), with New York City-based Kognito Interactive (www.kognito.com), announced the inauguration of an innovative three-year program to train 30,000 high school educators in suicide prevention using Kognito's At-Risk online training simulation. All of the State's 1231 public high schools and their private counterparts are eligible to apply for the program, which goes live today. Schools interested...

CINCINNATI, Aug. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A suicide prevention program developed at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center has significantly helped teens overcome depression and thoughts of suicide, according to a new study. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110406/MM79025LOGO) The study, published in the September 2011 edition of the Journal of School Health, shows that students who have gone through the program, Surviving the Teens®, are significantly less...