This is all Trump’s fault. Oh, wait…
Could it be that the Mental-Health Industrial Complex has sold us a bill of goods to line its own pockets? We actually need to figure out the root cause for this dramatic rise. You don’t have to look far. Our kids have been told that life is meaningless, and to end it if it’s inconvenient (ie., abortion). If they can freely terminate an inconvenient child, why not terminate their own life?
CDC report shows suicides increased in nearly every state from 1999 to 2016
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that suicide rates increased in nearly every state from 1999 to 2016, with rates rising more than 30 percent in half the states.
In central Washington, suicide rates rose 23 percent during that time. In Yakima County – where there’s been an average of 30 suicides a year since 1999 – it’s unknown how many of those people had a diagnosed mental health condition like Haubrich.
But in releasing its report – the same week fashion designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain were found dead by suicide – CDC officials noted that 54 percent of those who died by suicide nationwide from 1999 to 2016 did not have a known diagnosed mental health condition.
However, that doesn’t mean those people didn’t have a mental health condition or weren’t experiencing symptoms, local experts said.
“If someone has a diagnosed mental health condition, that can certainly put them at heightened risk for potential suicidal behaviors or completed suicide. But that doesn’t mean those individuals who do not have a diagnosed mental health condition are at less risk,” said Courtney Hesla, an administrator at Comprehensive Healthcare, a Yakima-based nonprofit offering mental health and addiction services. “It doesn’t mean that they’re not experiencing symptoms of depression or symptoms of bipolar disorder. They just haven’t been diagnosed.”
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To better understand the circumstances surrounding suicide for its study, the CDC reviewed information collected by 27 states on suicides that occurred in 2015. Officials found that many suicide victims acted after relationship problems or loss; substance misuse; physical health problems; or job, money, legal or housing stress. Hesla said an unexpected crisis can leave anyone reeling, but emphasized that knowing what prevention services are available can reduce the likelihood a person may act impulsively.
“We can experience significant life events that suddenly put us in a situation mentally that we are not prepared for: the loss of a child; loss of a significant other; a sudden, unexpected financial issue,” she said. “Those can really challenge us as human beings and some of us have coping skills and support systems and things that we can fall back on, and many of us don’t.”
“If you’re not mentally prepared for extreme stress, at least you can stop and say, ‘Oh wait, I have all of these options available to me,’ ” she said.
Central Washington suicide rate rises 23 percent
YAKIMA – On June 7, 2016, Kori Haubrich thought she found a solution to the problems that had been gnawing at her for weeks. That Monday, the Sunnyside native sat outside her Bellingham apartment struggling to figure out what she would do after graduating from Western Washington University the following year.