Tag: Suicide
Is white privilege causing old white men to kill themselves?
A new study by a CSU prof suggests white American men may be killing themselves more than other demographics because of relative social comforts...
Wiretap: Too far? Political campaigns turn to biometrics and neuromarketing
Creepy campaigns
No secret: Political campaigns want data on voters. But the days of polling are now moving into a more subtle form of information...
Wiretap: Afghanistan War vets struggle to save themselves
Shell shock
The war still isn't over for those in the 2/7 Marine Battalion, which was at the center of the fighting in Afghanistan. In...
‘Hanna Ranch’ and the New West, 15 years later
“I think he was the best kind of cowboy. I mean, he wasn’t just a cowboy," says Kirk Hanna’s daughter at the beginning of a new documentary about the life and legacy of the Colorado cattleman known as “the Eco-Rancher.”
ADX prisoner remained hogtied for hours after death
Officials kept the lifeless body shackled for hours even when they moved it to the hospital in Cañon City and waited for the coroner to officially declare it dead, even after the coroner's repeat requests to just please remove the chains.
BYU students release ‘It Gets Better’ video
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints holds that homosexuality is wrong, which makes life hard for Mormon Brigham Young University's roughly 1,800 LGBT students. According to a recent report, 74 percent say they have contemplated suicide and 24 percent have tried to kill themselves.
Obama orders military to send condolence letters in cases of suicide
President Obama announced Wednesday that he had reversed the policy that bars military authorities from sending official condolence letters to the families of service members who commit suicide in a combat zone. The move comes against the backdrop of steadily rising military suicide rates and a major Defense Department effort to turn the disturbing trend around.
U.S. military reports eighth prisoner death at Guantanamo
A 37-year-old Afghan prisoner known only as Inayatullah held at Guantanamo Bay committed suicide yesterday according to the U.S. military Southern Command. Inayatullah is the eighth prisoner reported dead at Guantanamo. He had been held since 2007 without being charged with a crime although he reportedly admitted to being an al Qaeda planner.
Study: Kids in conservative parts of country more depressed, suicidal
Teenagers who live in politically conservative parts of the country are more depressed and suicidal than teens who live in politically progressive parts of the country, according to a study by Columbia University psychologist Mark Hatzenbuehler published this week. The study comes as the nation, spurred by media coverage of recent tragic youth deaths, reckons with the fact that school harassment drives gay young people in particular to depression and suicide. It also comes in the wake of competing days dedicated to drawing attention to school bullying, the Day of Silence organized by gay rights groups and the Day of Dialogue organized by Colorado Springs-based Christian group Focus on the Family.
Depression has causes — and, often, cures
Since many of you political junkies may not start the day with the sports section, we thought we'd draw your attention to this morning's...