March 2026

A study reveals depression and suicidal ideation among college students have significantly increased over the past 15 years. This sobering report from Medical Xpress highlights a growing mental health crisis on campuses, where young adults face mounting pressures from academic demands, social isolation, and post-pandemic effects. Personally, as someone walking alongside those grieving suicide loss, […]

A young runner in Charleston is taking extraordinary steps to spotlight suicide prevention. In a powerful display of endurance, 25-year-old Edwin Martin launched “Project 24:70” on March 12, 2026, committing to a nonstop 24-hour run from 6:30 p.m. Thursday to Friday evening. This grueling challenge honors the 70 suicides reported in Charleston County last year

The National Catholic Reporter argues the true response to human suffering lies in enhanced care, not assisted suicide. The article, a guest opinion piece, emphasizes Catholic health care’s call to accompany patients, families, and caregivers through profound hardship rather than abandoning them to a “culture of death.” It critiques laws like Illinois’s “End-of-Life Options Act”

Veteran suicide is preventable, with a $5 million grant from the Humana Foundation to Face the Fight aimed at saving lives in Kentucky and beyond. This initiative, announced amid the second annual Face the Fight Coalition Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, targets underserved veterans, those in rural areas, women, and younger vets, who often lack access

Telangana authorities are leveraging Meta alerts, social media distress signals, to trigger rapid police responses, intervening in potential suicides within minutes and saving lives. This innovative approach highlights a proactive stance against India’s rising suicide rates, which have climbed from 9.9 to 10.4 per 100,000 population per the NCRB’s Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India