These findings show about 49,500 people took their own lives last year.
Experts say there’s more access to guns now along with other contributing factors.
“We also have large scale economic uncertainty, social isolation [is a] major factor. Also, difficulty around accessing mental health care is really important here,” said Dr. Naomi Torres-Mackie, clinical psychologist at Lenox Hill Hospital and head of research atThis latest CDC data shows the number of suicide deaths increased for almost every age group. The highest was among seniors over 65. But it also shows these numbers dropped for young people between 10 and 24 years old.
These numbers won’t be finalized until later this year. However, Dr. Torres-Mackie said the COVID-19 pandemic is another major factor. “We will be seeing the impact of pandemic loss of disrupted income, disrupted plans, the mental health load of surviving a global pandemic, it’s hard to overstate the importance of that,” she said.This number connects you to licensed counselors who are trained to help de-escalate a crisis and provide emotional support or additional mental health resources.calls, texts, and online messages through the hotline over the last year.
“Nine in ten Americans today will tell you that they’re experiencing a mental health crisis,” said Secretary Xavier Becerra for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services .of adults were unfamiliar with it or hadn’t heard of the number.“If you have an emergency at home you know to call 911. Now after decades that’s in our brain - 911. Well people should think 988 - it’s the same thing but for mental health crises,” he said.
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