HealthDay (5/15, Murez) reports, “While people might assume suicide is more common in the darker months of winter, it actually peaks in spring and early summer,” according to findings published online May 12 in the journal Translational Psychiatry. After examining questionnaire data from some “10,000 people in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom…about their moods and thoughts around suicide and self-harm over a six-year period,” investigators also found that “suicidal thoughts peak in December but then take a few months to reach a ‘tipping point,’” and people appear to be “most vulnerable to ending their lives between 4 and 5 a.m.”
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— “Study Shows Season, Time of Day When Suicidal Thoughts Most Likely “Cara Murez, HealthDay, May 15, 2023