Suicide Science
For more Suicide Research and Science, visit our Scientific Research Page or view mainstream news articles on biological and lifestyle contributors to mental health conditions and suicide in News from the Web.
Below you will find the breadth of our science and clinical updates as shared in prior Create-Connect-Contribute eNewsletters.
Check out News from the Web!
JKBF has launched a new resource, News from the Web, and we encourage you to take a look! News from the Web features a collection of links to news articles from mainstream press, university newsrooms, and online magazines that highlight issues of interest to mental health and suicide. These articles feature research findings and insights […]
Suicide Numbers continue to increase
Today the CDC released their Mortality Statistics for 2018 and once again, the news is sobering. Even though the US death rate decreased by 1.1% and life expectancy showed a marginal improvement, the suicide death rate is up 1.4% to 14.2 deaths per 100,000. Death rates decreased in six categories, and suicide was one of only […]
JKBF bestows first Biological Research Award
At the 2019 International Summit on Suicide Research in Miami, FL, the International Academy of Suicide Research (IASR) and JKBF presented the first James Kirk Bernard Foundation Award for Excellence in the Biological Exploration of Suicide to Arthur Ryan, Ph.D. Selected by an IASR committee as a finalist in a pool of early career researchers presenting innovative biological […]