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• The research found that lesbian, gay or bisexual teens who were rejected by their parents or caregivers were eight times more likely to attempt suicide than those who were accepted.
  — Marla Broadfoot, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
• Morgan was not the first teen at J&Y to attempt suicide.
  — Brandon Kapelow, Time, 13 Oct. 2022
• When she was called to the stand, Keohane talked about the hopelessness that had driven her to attempt suicide.
  — Aviva Stahl, Wired, 8 July 2021
• Remove guns from your home; lock up pills; and be aware that kitchen utensils, as well as ropes, can be used to attempt suicide.
  — Rachel Hutton, Star Tribune, 31 Jan. 2021
• But what initially drove the person to attempt suicide might still be at play.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 10 Sep. 2022
• But those with at least one adult in their life who accepts them are 40 percent less likely to attempt suicide.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 23 Feb. 2023
• Among girls and young women — who are already more likely to attempt suicide than males in these age groups — the rate spiked by about 37%, in contrast to 5.6% for boys.
  — Ambar Castillo, STAT, 20 Apr. 2023
• In the United States, women are more likely to attempt suicide, for instance, but men are more likely to die by it.
  — New York Times, 21 Jan. 2021
• Nine out of 10 people who attempt suicide and survive will not go on to die by suicide later.
  — Sara Novak, Scientific American, 19 Oct. 2023
• For each person who has died by suicide, many more people think about or attempt suicide, according to the CDC.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 10 Sep. 2021
• Some of Casanova’s paramours were bawds who used him for their own ends, and one such humiliation drove him to attempt suicide.
  — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
• Almost half of the autistic adults who attempt suicide in the U.S. haven’t been diagnosed with depression.
  — Tiffany Callender Erbelding and Lisa Pearson, baltimoresun.com, 18 Nov. 2021
• Although more women than men attempt suicide, men are 4x more likely to die by suicide.
  — Alex Wagner, SPIN, 28 Sep. 2022
• Women attempt suicide more often than men by a factor of three, but men succeed more often by a factor of four.
  — Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine, 20 July 2021
• When Arkansas passed such a ban last year, Ladinsky said her colleague who provides the same care in that state had five patients attempt suicide.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 5 May 2022
• The suit also seeks punitive damages, alleging the defendants were aware of the high risk that Killin could attempt suicide, but ignored it.
  — Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, 15 July 2022
• Between 30 and 50 percent of people with bipolar disorder will attempt suicide at least once in their lives.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 19 May 2024
• Freshman and sophomore high school girls were also more likely to make a suicide plan and attempt suicide compared to senior high school girls, according to the CDC.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2023
• Previous research has shown that women are more likely to attempt suicide than men.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2024
• Research has also shown that transgender youths are far more likely to attempt suicide.
  — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2022
• Women with autism are three to four times more likely to attempt suicide than neurotypical women.
  — Zhara Astra, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2022
• Black students were more likely to attempt suicide than Asian, Hispanic or White students.
  — Donna St. George, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Feb. 2023
• In 2021, Black students were more likely to attempt suicide compared to white, Hispanic and Asian students, according to the survey.
  — Marissa Greene, Dallas News, 4 May 2023
• In 2021, Black students were more likely to attempt suicide compared to white, Hispanic and Asian students, according to the survey.
  — Marissa Greene, Dallas News, 4 May 2023
• Lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth are nearly 4x more likely to attempt suicide than straight youth.
  — Alex Wagner, SPIN, 28 Sep. 2022
• Asian Americans are roughly three times less likely to seek mental health treatment and more likely to consider and to attempt suicide than other racial groups.
  — New York Times, 30 Sep. 2021
• Among youths who came out before age 13, those who experienced victimization were nearly twice as likely to attempt suicide as those who did not.
  — Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
• What is sometimes harder to understand is that many children who do not show signs of depression nonetheless attempt suicide.
  — Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
• Those with the condition often have an unstable sense of self and struggle to keep jobs or maintain relationships, and many, including de la Rosa, attempt suicide.
  — Rebecca Erly, New York Times, 3 July 2023
• Two characters in the play will attempt suicide in scenes that are powerfully acted, so the producers have a trigger warning notice for all ticket-buyers.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 25 Dec 2024