Suicide nation: What's behind the need to numb and to seek a final escape?
- Written by Monica H. Swahn, Professor, epidemiology and public health, Georgia State University
Paramedics and firefighters in Cincinnati respond to a possible opioid overdose at a hotel on Nov. 2, 2017.John Minchillo/AP PhotoSuicide rates in the U.S. have increased nearly 30 percent in less than 20 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported June 7. These mind-numbing statistics were released the same week two very...
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