Psychiatric News (5/28) says, “In contrast to the overall rise in U.S. suicide rates since 2000, the suicide rate among people diagnosed with cancer has been dropping since 1989, according a report in Translational Psychiatry.” In the general population, “average suicide rates increased 1.7% a year since 2000, researchers reported. By contrast, average cancer-related suicide deaths declined gradually between 1989 and 2013, followed by a sharper decline between 2013 and 2017, during which the rate dropped 27% a year on average.”
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— “Psychosocial Care Credited for Declining Suicide Rate Among Patients With Cancer,Psychiatric News , May 28, 2024