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Author(s) -
Kennedy Patrick J.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.31725
Subject(s) - life expectancy , suicide rates , expectancy theory , disease control , demography , mortality rate , medicine , environmental health , gerontology , geography , psychology , suicide prevention , poison control , sociology , social psychology , population
Sadly, I wasn't surprised when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that U.S. life expectancy had dropped yet again due to increasing rates of overdoses and suicides. Or that the suicide death rate in 2017 was the highest it's been in 50 years.