Suicide

Former New York House candidate Kyle Van De Water dies at 41

Jeremy Beaman · September 8, 2021 2:01 am

The headquarters of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) stands in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, May 10, 2013.

Veterans Affairs suicide hotline received more than 35,000 calls during Afghanistan evacuation

Mike Brest · August 31, 2021 9:31 pm

With the Capitol in the background, Army veteran David Dickerson of Oklahoma City, Okla., right, and Air Force veteran Linda Stanley, from San Diego, Calif., now with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), join others to place 1,892 flags representing veteran and service members who have died by suicide to date in 2014, Thursday, March 27, 2014, on the National Mall in Washington. The event also marked the introduction of The Suicide Prevention for America's Veterans Act by Sen. John Walsh, D-Mont., which calls for greater access to mental health care.

Two veterans team up to fight military suicides amid Afghanistan withdrawal

Mike Brest · August 29, 2021 10:00 am

Former police sergeant decries ‘politicization’ of suicides among Jan. 6 officers

Jeremy Beaman · August 6, 2021 3:33 pm

President Joe Biden speaks during an event in the State Dining room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2021, to discuss his gun crime prevention strategy.

Beltway Confidential

Biden should take this one small step to prevent gun deaths

Tom Joyce · June 27, 2021 2:00 pm

Marijuana use may increase risk of suicide, NIH study finds

David Hogberg · June 22, 2021 6:37 pm

Suicide rates.

Suspected suicide attempts increased among adolescents during pandemic, CDC study finds

David Hogberg · June 11, 2021 5:46 pm

NYC’s Vessel at Hudson Yards to reopen with amended visitor rules following suicide-related closure

NYC’s Vessel at Hudson Yards to reopen with amended visitor rules following suicide-related closure

Jeremy Beaman · May 26, 2021 12:00 am

Howard Bennett, a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran, laughs as he speaks with his son, Steve Bennett, left, visiting for the first time without the use of protective garments at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Collins, Miss., Thursday, April 1, 2021.

Beltway Confidential

Harnessing community to counter military suicide

Beth Bailey · April 15, 2021 10:00 am

Police officers wearing masks, patrol in Central, a business district in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020.

Brothers kill four family members and themselves in murder-suicide pact: Police

Mike Brest · April 6, 2021 6:56 pm

The U.S. Pentagon in Washington, D.C.

Military suicide deaths rose 25% at the end of 2020: Report

Mica Soellner · April 6, 2021 5:07 pm

An emergency counseling hotline set up in the middle of the Golden Gate Bridge is pictured out of order on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2005, in San Francisco. About 1,200 people have jumped to their deaths from the bridge since it opened in 1937, according to an analysis of public records by the San Francisco Chronicle.

Suicides decreased during pandemic, defying expectations, while drug overdoses increased

David Hogberg · April 1, 2021 2:33 pm