Personal Digest: Nearly 50,000 suicides in 2024 — what's next?
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Nearly 50,000 lives lost in 2024 — The suicide toll in 2024 prompted renewed funding and prevention efforts across workplaces, campuses, and first-responder systems.
 | ParentingPressure, peril, and practical resets: modern parenting under strain Murder (firstthings.com) · Criminal Law (idahoednews.org) · Postpartum Depression (psypost.org) |
| Mental HealthA chaotic patchwork: crises, care gaps, and surprising fixes Suicide (thegazette.com) · Cognitive decline (health.yahoo.com) · Autism (clickorlando.com) |
 | NeuroscienceIsolation, booze, and brain tumors: neural maps find new targets Alcohol Abuse (genengnews.com) · Oncology (biotechniques.com) |
 | PsychologyFrom homonormativity to gratitude: psychology re-centers identity and wellbeing Sexual Orientation (psychologytoday.com) · Perception (frontiersin.org) · Loneliness (ndtv.com) |
 | EducationBig tech, big data, and big feelings: schools wrestle with influence and rights Learning Technology (nytimes.com) · School discipline (npr.org) · Critical Thinking (elonnewsnetwork.com) |
 | TraumaFrom helmets to battlefield lessons: trauma care gets a reality check American Football (waff.com) · Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (artscanvas.org) · Blood transfusion (news.arizona.edu) |
 | Chronic illnessPrice tags and people: access and relationships strain chronic care Sickle cell disease (thisweeknews.com) · Mental Health (vice.com) |
 | Trauma-informed careNHS report: decades of neglect demand a trauma-aware overhaul |
 | Emotional painEmotional pain matters for survival — and we might be medicating it away Cancer (psychiatryadvisor.com) · Antidepressants (thetimes.com) |
 | Emotional IntelligenceAnimated empathy: Netflix's Emomee teaches kids to feel and cope |
 | Social emotional learningCurriculum, AI and attention shape kids' emotional toolkit Curriculum (frontiersin.org) · Artificial Intelligence (roastbrief.us) · Parenting (devdiscourse.com) |