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State

Utah youth suicide task force demands immediate action

By Sahalie Donaldson
February 21, 2018 12:00 AM
Rep. Steve Eliason, R-Sandy, holds a gun lock during a news conference at the Utah State Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018, in Salt Lake City. A new task force created to slow the troubling rise of teen suicides in Utah is recommending officials ratchet up public messaging to implore gun-owing parents to keep firearms locked up. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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State

HB41: "Hannah's bill" would ensure Utah suicide prevention hotlines available 24/7

By Katelyn Stiles
February 12, 2018 12:00 AM
The Recovery Outreach Center in Provo receives crisis calls as well as provides preventative and follow-up care. (Ty Mullen)
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Capital West News

HB86: Utah County girl's death prompts bill targeting assisted suicide

By Lilian Whitney
January 20, 2018 12:00 AM
Utah is one of six states without anti-suicide legislation. (Bryan Pearson)
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Healthy Living

8 ways the LDS Church addresses mental illnesses

By Mckenna Park
December 07, 2017 12:00 AM
Oct. 2017 General Conference attenders walk out of the Conference Center. One of the ways the Church addresses mental illnesses is through a recent increase in highlights of the topic during General Conference. (Dani Jardine)
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Nation

Happy Valley? Despite depression and suicide rates, Provo named 7th happiest U.S. city

By Kaitlyn Bancroft
November 06, 2017 12:00 AM
According to a recent National Geographic article, Provo is the seventh happiest city in the U.S. This is in contrast to new reports from the Utah Women and Leadership Project that say, among other statistics, that Utah has the seventh highest suicide rate in the nation. (Haley Mosher)
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Campus Events

HumorU takes stand against suicide

By Jacob Osborn
September 15, 2017 12:00 AM
Former HumorU member Zac Heaton makes audiences smile during one of his stand up routines. (HumorU)
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Local

HOPE Squads help prevent suicide in Utah high schools

By Zoe Woolf Mcginn
May 11, 2017 12:00 AM
Selina Llewellyn teaches English at Skyridge High School in Lehi, Utah. It's not unusual for her to have a bunch of kids eating lunch in her classroom, but recently, she had one boy come in to talk to her privately.
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Campus Events

Conversion, healing highlight BYU Women's Conference

May 06, 2017 12:00 AM
BYU hosted thelargesttwo-day gathering of LDS women anywhere in the world on May 4 and 5 at its annual Women's Conference. Over 200 presenters shared their thoughts, and conversion, healing and sharing the gospel emerged as prominent themes at this year's conference.
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Uncategorized

BYU Women's Conference: Alleviating the heartache of suicide

By Kelsey Johnson
May 04, 2017 12:00 AM
Psychologist Marja Reynolds and BYU social work professor David Wood offered comfort and counsel to those affected by suicide at BYU Women's Conference on May 4. (Elliott Miller)
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Local

Study shows LGBT BYU students at higher risk for depression, suicide

By Jessica Olsen
January 20, 2017 12:00 AM
Jacob Dunford, who works for Provo's first LGBT resource center Encircle, looks out the Encircle home window at the Provo City Center Temple. (Jessica Olsen)
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Healthy Living

Debunking myths about suicide and the holidays

By Caitlin Thomas
December 30, 2016 12:00 AM
Christmas is known to many as the most wonderful time of the year, yet a popular idea also exists that suicide rates in the United States increase during the holiday season.
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Nation

Low graduation, high suicide rates plague Native American youth

By Carley Porter
November 16, 2016 12:00 AM
Founders of the League took a selfie at one of their first meetings. Pictured clockwise from bottom left: Carl Moore, Jonny Griffith, Moroni Benally, Cassandra Begay, unknown, Alexandria Toledo, Miriam Padilla, Colleen O'Neil, Carol Surveyor and James Singer. (Carl Moore via Facebook)
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World

IS claims suicide bombing on stadium in Iraq that killed 29

By Gianluca Cuestas
March 25, 2016 12:00 AM
Mourners pray over an Iraqi flag-draped coffin of bomb victim, Rasul Kadim, 24, during his funeral procession at the holy shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 7, 2016. The suicide bomber on Sunday rammed his explosives-laden fuel truck into a security checkpoint south of Baghdad, killing and wounding dozens, officials said, the latest episode in an uptick in violence in the war-ravaged country. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing in an online statement. (Associated Press)
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Photo Galleries

Rally for addiction and mental health packs the Capitol

By Zoe Woolf Mcginn
March 04, 2016 12:00 AM
SALT LAKE CITY—The drug addiction recovery and mental health advocates are said to always be the biggest group to rally at the Capitol, and Tuesday was no exception.
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Religion

Suicide bomber kills 10, wounds 15 in Istanbul tourist area

January 12, 2016 12:00 AM
Policemen secure the historic Sultanahmet district after an explosion in Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. An explosion killed at least 10 people and wounded 15 others Tuesday morning in a historic district of Istanbul popular with tourists. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said a Syria-linked suicide bomber is believed to be behind the attack. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
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Nation

'Hero' officer staged suicide, embezzled from youth program

November 04, 2015 12:00 AM
ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. — A police officer who was lauded as a hero after his fatal shooting triggered an intense and costly manhunt in fact committed suicide, carefully staging his death because he was about to be exposed as a thief, authorities said Wednesday.
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Local

Utah suicide rate leveling off, early data suggests

By Whitney Hales
November 04, 2015 12:00 AM
The suicide rate in Utah leveled off in 2014 after a decade and a half of steady increase according to early data from the Utah Department of Human Services.
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Music

World Congress of Families IX: Woman who was nearly aborted finds purpose in helping others

By Danica Baird
November 03, 2015 12:00 AM
Bev Adair-Beets used her story of despair to create a dialogue of hope in New Zealand by creating the organization Street Dance New Zealand.
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