Virtual reality is emerging as a powerful tool to improve care for veterans, including helping community members recognize suicide warning signs. Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have conducted two studies exploring how the technology can address the complex challenges veterans face.

Suicide remains a leading cause of death among adolescents and young adults worldwide. However, recent global data reveal heterogeneous suicide trends across regions.

A new study by researchers at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine has found that suicide rates among young people (ages 10-29) are moving in very different directions across countries. In the U.S. and Canada, most groups of young people are seeing stable or even declining rates, except for Canadian teenage girls, who continue to show increases. In South Korea, however, suicide rates among both young men and women have sharply increased in recent years, especially among young women.

A new study has revealed the deeply personal reasons that suicidal adolescents give for wanting to live, with family, friends, pets, and hopes for the future topping the list.

AI chatbots have been blamed for motivating suicidal behavior in several cases, raising  concerns the popular tools could dispense harmful advice to those experiencing mental health emergencies. A new study finds that three widely used artificial intelligence chatbots generally do a good job responding to very-high-risk and very-low-risk questions about suicide, but they are inconsistent in answering questions about suicide that may pose intermediate risks.