Suicide

Time spent in prison and jail often worsens mental health. Researchers and advocates say more data and transparency is needed to better understand and reduce in-custody suicides.

Prompted by a post-pandemic rise in suicide rates, UNC-Chapel Hill announced new efforts for community collaboration in suicide prevention.

The Pentagon has put in place "The Brandon Act" - named after a Navy sailor who died by suicide in 2018. It allows service members to go outside their chain of command to seek confidential mental health treatment.

The project is using artificial intelligence to analyze data from smartphones, laptops and other devices of people who take their own lives.

Measures aimed at restricting kids’ access to gender-affirming care, confidentiality with school personnel raise hackles among health and mental health professionals.

Lack of access to mental health care inside North Carolina's prisons has an increasing number of advocates worried about a looming crisis.

In a 2021 survey, more than 1 in 5 North Carolina students reported they seriously considered attempting suicide in the prior year. The rates were higher for girls and gay, lesbian and bisexual students.

Soldiers are dying by suicide at the highest level since 9/11, and while some bases are trying do more to help prevent suicide, critics say its not enough.

Three inmates under 30 died in February 2021 of self-inflicted injuries, leading Page to pledge to step up suicide-risk training and possibly increase detention center staff.

Students at UNC-Chapel Hill are mourning the recent deaths of members of the campus community. Some students want to see their school provide more mental health resources.