Increased access to prescription opioids and a shrinking economic safety net contributed to an increase in suicide rates in the 21st century, according to new CU Boulder research.
“Suicide hotline crisis numbers and efforts to help people at the individual level are all amazing and necessary, but our work shows that higher-level, institutional interventions are also critical in addressing this crisis,” said Simon. “Giving a person a job or proper health care can also be a suicide-prevention tool.”
What with tens of thousands of tech workers being laid off as tech companies pivot to artificial intelligence, I feel like the idea jobs as suicide-prevention is more salient than ever.
What with tens of thousands of tech workers being laid off as tech companies pivot to artificial intelligence, I feel like the idea jobs as suicide-prevention is more salient than ever.