suicide
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American Life Expectancy Continues To Drop, With Suicides And Drug Overdoses On The Rise
The health of the United States remains in decline, according to a series of new reports released Thursday by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Life expectancy in the U.S. has once again declined from the previous year, extending a years-long slide the likes of which we haven’t seen since the World War I…
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Doctors Have An Alarmingly High Suicide Rate, And No One Is Sure How To Help Them
Medical doctors are more likely to die from suicide than members of any other profession in the US, suggests new research presented this week at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association. And worse than that, few interventions seem to have helped make these suicides less common.
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Facebook Expands Self-Harm Prevention Program That Monitors Users’ ‘Thoughts Of Suicide’
Facebook is expanding its artificial intelligence-based suicide prevention efforts. The company said today that it has plans to eventually monitor and respond to suicidal intent on Facebook “worldwide”, excluding the European Union.
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Legalising Same-Sex Marriage Will Help Reduce High Rates Of Suicide Among Young People In Australia
Australia remains the only English-speaking country in the developed world not to legally recognise same-sex marriage. If the upcoming postal survey indicates public support for marriage equality, a conscience vote will be held in parliament. If not, it’s unlikely that same-sex couples will be able to marry for as long as the current government remains…