Citation

Lytle MC, Silenzio VMB, Caine ED. JAMA Psychiatry 2016; 73(10): 1003.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, American Medical Association)

DOI

10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.1736

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This Viewpoint addresses suicide prevention in the context of successful lay-led disease advocacy efforts.

Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, with the overall rate increasing 28.2% since 1999, driven by a 35.3% increase in suicides among persons 35 to 64 years of age.1 Suicides surpassed road traffic deaths in 2009, and the 42 773 suicides reported were more than double the 16 324 homicides in 2014. When coupled with deaths from other deliberate behaviors, research suggests that the mortality from self-directed injury exceeds 70 000 lives, making it the eighth leading cause of death while the death rates of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), cancers, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS continue to decrease...

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