Emergency room visits for suicidal children and teens have doubled since 2007, study finds

The number of children and teenagers who attempted to take their own lives or were thinking about doing so doubled between 2007 and 2015, a new study reveals.  In 2007, an estimated 580,000 people between 10 and 18 were seen for suicidal behavior in US emergency rooms.  By 2015, that number had swollen to 1.12 … Read more

Woman, 26, with skin condition that causes her body to crack open was left suicidal

A woman has revealed that her rare skin condition which causes her body to crack open once left her suicidal.   Mui Thomas, who resides in Hong Kong, suffers from harlequin ichthyosis, which causes scaly skin that grows at ten times the normal rate.  Growing up, Ms Thomas, whose biological parents abandoned her, experienced bullying and … Read more