suicides

When as high as 85% to 90% of suicide attempts using guns, usually already in the home, are unfortunately successful, safe storage is crucial.

Government research on more than 3,000 retired NFL players says suicides were less common among men in this group than in the general population.

With younger generations using cellphones less for actual conversation and more for text messaging, suicide prevention organizations are setting up ways that let distraught youths seek help that way.

As suicides continue to increase in New Jersey, a new nationwide suicide prevention program provides training for all school employees to help them spot at-risk students earlier.

Suicides by young children are rare and the low rate has held mostly stable for two decades except for a troubling increase among black boys.

Middle-aged people are especially vulnerable to suicide in times of economic and financial distress, according to a new Rutgers study.

Because of the number of suicides that have taken place on the Victory Bridge spanning the Raritan River, the wife of one jumper is asking the state to install chain link suicide fences on all 3 bridges that span the river. Margaret Luciano of Bridgewater wrote an email to state officials and Sen...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- San Francisco's iconic Golden Gate Bridge moved a big step closer to getting an oft-debated suicide barrier after bridge officials on Friday approved a $76 million funding package for a net system that would prevent people from jumping to their deaths.

Regardless of all the work done to prevent accidental deaths on railroad tracks, 2013 is shaping up to be one of the deadliest years for suicides by train.

A federal health survey finds a troublingly high rate of suicidal thinking among stroke survivors.