09/13/2017
Every day there are more than 5,400 suicide attempts by students in grades seven through 12 in the United States. In Washington state, the suicide rate is higher than the national average.
Jennifer...
01/25/2018
While most suicide intervention efforts have been focused on mental health and emergency room settings, professionals throughout all medical fields play a critical role in suicide prevention.
Now,...
05/18/2018
Of households with guns in Washington, almost two-thirds keep the firearms lying around, possibly loaded, instead of locking them in a secure place — a problem University of Washington researchers...
05/23/2018
Forefront is a program within the University of Washington's School of Social Work, and it has developed training that empowers teens to teach their peers about suicide prevention.
KING-TV gives 5...
06/20/2018
Leaders of 10 public health agencies and professional group announced plans to do more to prevent gun-related injuries and deaths, including asking patients whether they own guns and screening them...
09/18/2018
When former Washington State University football player Tyler Hilinski, 21, died by suicide this January, his death devastated the WSU community, his family and his friends. It also brought up the ...
09/27/2018
Kathleen Gilligan said her 14-year-old son wrestled with calling the suicide hotline right before he killed himself with a gun.
While he never did call, he may have felt more comfortable going online...
10/23/2018
The Bozeman clinic, which began taking patients in January, is UW School of Medicine students’ first mental health project.
Roughly eight students rotate through Community Health Partners twice a...