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Re:Youth Suicides Declined After Creation of National Hotline by sandy_coyote on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @01:40PM (#47866772)
What is this assumption based on? It sounds political.

Are LGBTQ people at a higher risk for suicide? Could hotline staff reduce suicide attempts with special training? Seems like you could measure this.

Thinking about other groups with a higher risk--veterans, abuse survivors, gambling addicts--are there suicide prevention programs for these groups and are they effective?

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Re:Youth Suicides Declined After Creation of National Hotline by zeech on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @01:54PM (#47866961)
> Are LGBTQ people at a higher risk for suicide?

There was actually a study done on this [0] that found LGBTQ youth are around four times as likely to attempt suicide compared to their non-LGBTQ peers.

[0] https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/su/su6901a3.htm

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Re:Youth Suicides Declined After Creation of National Hotline by Jtsummers on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @02:52PM (#47867695)
> Thinking about other groups with a higher risk--veterans, abuse survivors, gambling addicts--are there suicide prevention programs for these groups and are they effective?

For veterans in the US, at least, there are specific programs targeting them since they do have a disproportionately high level of suicides and suicide attempts compared to the general population.

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