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The homicide rate for older teens rose to its highest point in nearly 25 years during the COVID pandemic, and the suicide rate for adults in their early 20s was the worst in more than 50 years, researchers say.

An 18-year-old from Texas created an app using artificial intelligence that may someday save lives.

The inquiry concluded that several suicides at the Newport News shipyard last year were not connected. But the deaths underscored pervasive problems,, particularly among young enlisted sailors doing long-term ship maintenance.

States will soon receive federal dollars to hire more mental health professionals for K-12 public schools.

In Orange County schools, a team-based approach brings mental health professionals, social service workers, teachers and administrators, and psychologists and counselors together to identify, intervene and support students in need.

Since the founding of The Campfire Fund of Florida, over $30,000 have been raised in support of men’s mental health resources throughout the Pensacola area.

A striking decline in teen mental health has coincided with the rise of smartphones and social media. Is social media causing the mental health challenges? Finally, research can answer that question.

The project is using artificial intelligence to analyze data from smartphones, laptops and other devices of people who take their own lives.

Despite laws that say mental health care should be paid for on a par with other medical care, health insurance stopped covering the care a suicidal teen needed before she was stable.

Participants were asked questions about their parents' general parenting style and how that affected their thoughts and feelings in the previous two weeks.