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Salvador Ochoa/CalMattersSenior Californians in rural communities are dying by suicide at troubling rates—struggling with pain, cut off from doctors and mental health care, with guns at hand. Access to care and safety planning would help, experts say. -
Illustration by Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPBFamily members and the child’s attorney say the 17-year-old boy spent much of his life in the foster care system.
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When Oregon farmers, farmworkers or ranchers sink into an emotional crisis or simply need someone to talk to, they now have counselors available. -
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra says calls to the hotline are up nationally. Five million contacts were made across the country in the last year, 2 million more than the year previously. -
The Central Oregon Veterans Ranch in Bend provides peer support counseling to veterans and opportunities for them to learn ranching and farming skills while creating community and a space for healing. -
The suicide rate in Lane County is 65-percent greater than the national average. That’s according to a report released Tuesday by Lane County Public Health. -
Oregon has long struggled with high suicide rates, but the state got a small reprieve in 2020 when it became one of seven to see a decrease. -
It is not unusual for a person who has suffered from mental illness to have at least considered suicide. Several of the members of Southern Oregon Compass… -
It's supposed to be one of the happiest times in a woman's life: a new baby! But the body and mind can conspire against new mothers; suicide can be a…
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One of the issues with suicide in society is that people are reluctant to talk about it. News media have traditionally played a role by generally not…
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Her revered public radio show is no longer on the air, but Diane Rehm keeps going and going. Before she left the NPR scene, she visited many stations to… -
A.W. Barnes lost his brother, Mike, to suicide 25 years ago. They had much in common, being gay brothers in a big conservative family in the Midwest. But… -
Teenagers may be the people feeling the most angst, but they are not the people committing the most suicides in the United States. Much older Americans… -
Suicide is on the rise in the United States, up in a steady trend since the beginning of the century. Rogue Valley resident Shoshana Alexander experienced…
