Suicidal Ideation and Behavior

On Saturday, September 24, GoodTherapy.org team members gathered to participate in the 2016 Out of the Darkness walk for suicide awareness in Olympia, Washington. GoodTherapy.org helped ... Read More

New research suggests suicide among young children may have less to do with depression than previously thought. Researchers say child suicides are more frequently related to attention-deficit ... Read More

A new study examining social connectedness in small, homogenous communities suggests these communities may carry a high risk of suicide clusters, particularly among teenagers and young ... Read More

To coincide with the start of the school year, a new study published in the journal Self and Identity explores the motivations behind drinking alcohol in college. Researchers found students ... Read More

Why would someone want to end their own life? For some people, it’s a bleak mystery. For those of us who have lost someone to suicide, it’s much more. It can put a rip in the fabric ... Read More

As the National Football League (NFL) gears up for the start of its regular season this week, policies and practices related to mental health are underway to help the league, its players, ... Read More

Thirty percent of transgender teens and young adults have attempted suicide, and nearly 42% have engaged in some form of self-harm, according to a study published in the journal Suicide ... Read More

According to a recent World Health Organization (WHO) analysis, depression and anxiety cost the world $1 trillion each year. Between 1990 and 2013, the number of people with depression ... Read More

In the wake of a large increase in suicides, researchers are trying to find methods to prevent suicide in vulnerable people. Social media platforms such as Facebook are also contributing ... Read More

According to the ex-wife of Omar Mateen, the gunman in last weekend’s Orlando night club shooting, Mateen beat her, took her money, and isolated her from loved ones until her parents ... Read More

Acne, exam stress, bullying, and asthma are among the predictors of suicide in people younger than 20, according to a study published in The Lancet Psychiatry. According to the U.S. Centers ... Read More

Suicide rates have risen to a 30-year high, increasing by 24% between 1999 and 2014, according to data from the National Center for Health Statistics. Beginning in 2006, the suicide rate ... Read More