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Like other places around the nation, Denton County has seen an upward trend in suicides. In 2022, there were 123 suicides in Denton County. In 2021, it was 98.
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According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide deaths increased in 2021 for the first time in two years.
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A KERA analysis found that more than 400 men, women and children in three North Texas counties perished in gun-related incidents during the first six months of 2022.
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A KERA analysis found that guns were involved in the majority of suicides in North Texas in the first half of 2022 — a tragic pattern found in communities across the nation.
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There are sites where violent history intrudes unbidden. But Dallas has a history of bulldozing its history. So Brad Ford Smith is researching and drawing places where something awful once happened.
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The weekly conversation podcast was started in response to skyrocketing mental health concerns among children, made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Abbott said the suicides are being investigated and thinks it will come out that not all “actually occurred during Operation Lone Star.”
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Despite lockdowns, historic job losses and COVID-19, new figures from the CDC show that death by suicide dropped for a second straight year in 2020.
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U.S. Army officials unveiled a new resource and training center at Fort Hood on Thursday that aims to create a more supportive culture following reports of murder, suicide and sexual assault at the embattled Texas military installation.
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Nearly 8% of Muslims in a recent survey reported a suicide attempt in their lifetime compared with 6% of Catholics, 5% of Protestants and 3.6% of Jewish respondents.
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During the pandemic, Cook Children's Hospital has seen a record number of suicide-related deaths. So, the Fort Worth hospital has launched the JOY campaign, which aims to combat bullying and mental health issues for young people in North Texas.
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KERA's Justin Martin spoke with Dr. Kia Carter, the co-medical director of psychiatry at Cook Children's Medical Center, about the global rise in suicide and self-harm with teenagers and children.