Experts caution that suicide is complicated, and that recent increases might be driven by higher rates of depression or limited availability of mental health services

About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever, according to new government data posted Thursday.

  • psud@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Guns don’t cause suicide, but they make it much easier to successfully complete suicide

    Handguns especially

    But I doubt an increase in suicides this year from last year has anything to do with gun ownership rates