Higher Risk Of Suicide Found In Young Black Men Compared To Their White Counterparts A study examining suicide rates and pre-suicide clinical symptoms in people from different ethnic groups, has found that rates of suicide vary between ethnic groups with young black men aged 13 to 24 at highest risk.The research, published in the medical journal Psychiatric Services, suggests that symptoms traditionally associated with suicide are less common among some ethnic groups, and cannot be relied upon for predicting suicide.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLeaders Discuss American Indian Suicide Rates, IHS Funding At Regional Conference Acting Indian
Health Service Director Robert McSwain and other
health officials discussed suicide rates among American Indians and federal funding for IHS at a meeting of tribal and state leaders in Denver last week, Indian Country Today reports. The discussion was part of
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comScientific Evidence Of Biological-Neurological Connection Could Help Efforts To Pass Mental Health Parity Legislation, Columnist Writes A "critical moment has been reached in a 15-year debate in statehouses and in Congress over whether treatment for problems like depression, addiction and schizophrenia should get the same coverage by insurance companies as, say, diabetes, heart disease and cancer," New York Times columnist Sarah Kershaw writes.
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