Suicide

Conversion therapy aims to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. The practice is discredited by mental health professionals and is linked to higher rates of suicide.

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a previously scheduled hearing Tuesday on so-called red flag laws, which allow for the temporary removal of guns from individuals if they are deemed a risk.

There's been an alarming rise in the suicide rate among younger veterans. But elderly veterans commit suicide at a rate higher than the non-veteran population. The VA wants to find out how to stop it.

A U.S. Department of Justice survey found that from 2010 to 2014, incarcerated children had suicide rates two to three times higher than their peers in…

Ohio opened its first in-patient mental health care unit specifically for the LGBTQ population on Monday.Dr. Mark Blair gives a tour of the new multi-bed…

VA says 115 vets with other-than-honorable discharges received mental health care last year under a new program. Veterans advocates say it's a tiny fraction of such vets who need help.

The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the findings of its 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Survey Thursday, measuring the rates of drug use, instances of violence and suicidal thoughts and actions among the nation’s teens. Fewer teenagers are using drugs and having sex, according to the survey results, but there are still many areas of concern for the public health agency. Drug Use

Guns are the most common method used for suicide, accounting for the deaths of almost half the people who kill themselves, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study finds.

The health and quality of care for seniors in Ohio is improving, according to a report by United Health Foundation. That includes the quality of senior...

Suicide rates among farmers are higher than any other profession in the United States, even exceeding the suicide rate for veterans.