After falling for more than a decade, the U.S. suicide rate has climbed steadily since 1999, driven by an alarming increase among middle-age adults, researchers said this week. ...more

October 22, 2008

Dear Friend: There's this thing that's been hovering over me lately, gnawing into my mind like a bad dream. It's an empty desk where a peer once sat or a phone call never returned. It's the startlingly high rate of suicide in this country, and it's really scary. ...more

July 13, 2008

Marsha Hill's sister, Lisa, struggled with depression for most of her life. Her struggles ended last year when she took her life. ...more

May 31, 2008

There's a grim, rarely talked-about twist to all that medical know-how doctors learn to save lives: It makes them especially good at ending their own. ...more

May 9, 2008

Eight years ago, not long after 72-year-old Anne Beale Golsan had retired on disability from her job as a librarian, she put a stack of paid bills out for the mail, hung up a freshly pressed outfit and taped a note to the front of the house. ...more

September 21, 2007