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Sparsely populated communities face unique challenges, such as isolation and cultural stigmas about mental health, that call for tailored suicide prevention approaches.
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The suicide of a child with autism spurred one hacker to track down the online bullies who targeted the young boy.
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A decline in suicides was also experienced during the influenza epidemic that started in 1918.
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Lantz Stephenson, Jr., 17, was reportedly acting suicidal in the park Sunday morning and aggressively approached police with what law enforcement initially described as a "handgun."
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In finding a way to uplift others, one Kansas City artist is also healing herself.
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How pandemics have disproportionately affected the displaced and disenfranchised throughout America's history, where and how to obtain a free test for the coronavirus in Kansas City, Missouri, and how one billboard with an empowering message spread to hundreds around the world.
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Public defense attorneys are often overworked and underpaid, leaving them vulnerable to negative mental health consequences.“I have a number of lawyers…
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Segment 1: Heavy caseloads and long hours are taking a toll on Missouri's public defenders.Officials say public defenders in Kansas City, Missouri, are…
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When snow falls, the steep slope at 57th and Brookside, known for decades as Suicide Hill, is a favorite place for metro area kids to go sledding, but one…
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Segment 1: A hopeful billboard has a story behind it.When artist Nicole Leth lost her father to suicide, she told herself she would focus all her energy…
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Suicide rates among teenagers are higher than the national average in both Kansas and Missouri, according to the Center for Disease Control. This issue…
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Karen Houck referred to her grief as a "bag of rocks" for years before she ever painted one or lived in a Lee's Summit house landscaped with a hundred…