WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Army is investigating a stunning number of suicides in January - a count that could surpass all combat deaths on America's two warfronts last month. According to figures obtained by The Associated Press, there were 24 suspected suicides in January, compared to only four in January of 2008, six in January of 2007 and 10 in January of 2006. ...more

February 5, 2009

After falling for more than a decade, the U.S. suicide rate has climbed steadily since 1999, driven by an alarming increase among middle-age adults, researchers said this week. ...more

October 22, 2008

Alarmed by a record rate of suicide in its ranks, the Army has unveiled a unique prevention tool - an interactive video to be mandatory viewing Armywide - in which soldiers will play the role of an anguished infantryman and make virtual choices that lead the character to get help or, in the worst case, shoot himself in the head. ...more

October 9, 2008

The basic rule for Marine boot camp is simple: Keep your mouth shut and mind your own business. ...more

July 21, 2008

President George W. Bush, not God, christened all those who do not agree with his beliefs and ideologies as "evil-doers" — not I. ...more

May 21, 2008

There's a grim, rarely talked-about twist to all that medical know-how doctors learn to save lives: It makes them especially good at ending their own. ...more

May 9, 2008

Eight years ago, not long after 72-year-old Anne Beale Golsan had retired on disability from her job as a librarian, she put a stack of paid bills out for the mail, hung up a freshly pressed outfit and taped a note to the front of the house. ...more

September 21, 2007

The suicide rate among preteen and teenage girls rose to its highest level in 15 years, and hanging surpassed guns as the preferred method, federal health officials reported Thursday. ...more

September 7, 2007

Warnings four years ago that antidepressants were increasing suicidal behavior among young people caused a precipitous drop in the drugs' use - a drop that coincided with an unprecedented increase in suicides in that age group, a new study has found. ...more

September 6, 2007