Agricultural education researchers surveyed 793 school-based agricultural educators in 13 Southern states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to learn more about their levels of awareness to farm stressors and suicide warning signs. The results paint a largely encouraging picture, because they showed that school-based agricultural educators generally recognized most suicide warning signs and farm stressors. However, an unexpected finding was that school-based ag teachers described as “urban” were among the groups who were more likely to recognize farm stressors than teachers from “rural” communities.

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) today announced that the 2026 Pardes Humanitarian Prize in Mental Health will be awarded to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), the leading national not-for-profit organization focused specifically on understanding the biological and psychological causes of suicide and preventing suicide.

Suicidal ideation can involve interconnected psychological processes. Researchers from Pusan National University examined 2,018 adults across Italy, Korea, the UK, and the US to map psychosocial networks related to suicidal ideation. Perceived burdensomeness showed the strongest direct association with suicidal ideation, while defeat and internal entrapment were among the most central factors in the broader network.

Researchers at Semmelweis University examined the connection between childhood trauma and adult suicide risk among 300 psychiatric inpatients. According to a study published in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology, both emotional and physical neglect may be associated with repeated suicide attempts. While previous Hungarian and international studies have mainly focused on the consequences of physical and sexual abuse, the role of different forms of neglect has received less attention.