Suicide rates continue to rise despite crisis interventions


Certain molecular changes in the brain and blood have been found to be associated with those who died by suicide. — Gordon Johnson/Pixabay

When Pooja Mehta’s younger brother, Raj, died by suicide on March 19, 2020, she felt “blindsided.”

Raj’s last text message was to his college lab partner about how to divide homework questions.

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