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September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and experts said firearms are used in more than half of all suicides in Texas.

For years, Wyoming has had one of the highest suicide rates and one of the highest gun ownership rates in the United States. But until recently, it was taboo to draw a link between those two things.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Kimberly Van Orden of the University of Rochester Medical Center about persistently high suicide rates among elderly men.

Provisional data from 2022 showed a bright spot in the trend of rising suicides in the U.S.

A Texas House resolution designated Sept. 22 as a day to safeguard veterans' wellbeing.

The 3-digit suicide prevention lifeline went live a year ago. More work is needed on the 988 system, but the first year has gone more smoothly than many expected.

The Pentagon has put in place 'The Brandon Act' — named after a Navy sailor who died by suicide in 2018. It allows service members to go outside their chain of command to seek confidential mental health treatment.

Though military suicide has been a problem for decades, critics say the Pentagon hasn’t come to terms with the fact that anyone can potentially be at risk.

Months after a lone gunman killed 21 people at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, firearms have become a hot-button issue in midterm races in Texas and around the country. But the shooting has also created opportunities for dialogue about the relationship between guns and other forms of harm – like suicide.

Soldiers are dying by suicide at the highest level since 9/11, and while some bases are trying do more to help prevent suicide, critics say its not enough.