Suicide rates in the US are highest among elderly men, and most involve guns, CDC report says | CNN
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The suicide rate in the United States spiked in 2021, reversing two years of decline, and rates among older men were especially high, a new report says.

Senior men have higher rates of suicide than average, and firearms were involved in more than three-quarters of those deaths in 2021, according to a CDC report

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      Someone who doesn’t want help is not going to seek help. Your “solution” is as insane as telling a schizophrenic person to just stop listening to voices. Your understanding of mental illness is both offensive to those of us who suffer from it and just simply ignorant. Until you get a degree in psychology, maybe you shouldn’t be lecturing other people about what they should do about their mental illnesses.

      • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        Yes, they do want help. They always want help. The problem is their perspective is clouded. You treat someone who is looking to self harm the same way you treat a drowning person, you pull them out as they cry for help. Most people do seek help, it’s usually those who are encouraged toword self harm, as many on LW are promoting, that attempt suicide.