(Motjaba Ravanbakhsh via Unsplash)Scholars branching into tragic new trends among Black and Hispanic people, who are buying more guns and taking their lives at higher rates
(Motjaba Ravanbakhsh via Unsplash)Scholars branching into tragic new trends among Black and Hispanic people, who are buying more guns and taking their lives at higher rates

Trump cut federal support for young LGBTQ+ callers, and the state lacks revenue to provide some longer-term services for users of all ages
(AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)Crisis hotline ordered to stop specialized support to callers beginning next month
(AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)Advocates say many prisoners are not getting the time out of their cells required by state law

Interview: Mike Anestis, executive director of New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center
NJ Spotlight NewsMore training for nurses to help at-risk children

Interview: Susan Tellone, clinical director at the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide
youtube, comfort zone campCampers take part in activities aimed at healing pain, understanding grief
(Troy Benson via Flickr)By training volunteers to ask key questions, program is combating growing mental health crisis among NJ youth
(NJ Spotlight News)In New Jersey, call volume rose by 20%

US Rep. Mikie Sherrill takes part in roundtable discussion on suicide prevention in NJ

Two topics dominated Monday's proceedings at the State House

Pending legislation would require public schools to screen students for depression.

In New Jersey, 795 people take their own lives each year and, according to a panel in Trenton, that's only a fifth of those who ...

To mark National Suicide Awareness Month, hundreds of advocates and experts gathered in Trenton for the Fifth Annual Suicide Prevention Conference.

New Jersey’s overall youth suicide rate is about half the national average, but it shows a disturbing trend. While rates for older youths aged 19 ...

The governor claims unprecedented improvement in Camden schools and issues a warning. Shoes represent people who took their lives in the state of New Jersey. ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the suicide rate among children ages 10 to 14 more than doubled between 2007 and 2014.

Top New Jersey Democrats are giving the Senate Republican's Obamacare replacement low marks. One calls it downright nasty. Rip currents have taken lives down the ...

New data shows suicide is the third leading cause of death for New Jersey youth ages 10 to 24.