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• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• He would be rushed to the emergency room hundreds of times, be denied health benefits by the Department of Veterans Affairs for years, attempt suicide, and seek experimental cures for the damage done to his lungs and brain.
  — Kaiser Health News, oregonlive, 10 Aug. 2022
• Transgender youth are three times more likely to attempt suicide than their cisgender peers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 26 May 2021
• Women with Toxoplasma infections were 54% more likely to attempt suicide - and twice as likely to succeed.
  — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 4 July 2012
• There are other reasons people attempt suicide that don't involve mental illness.
  — Susan Spencer, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024