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Chris Daughtry and his wife Deanna Daughtry shared details about the passing of their daughter, Hannah Price, two months after she was found dead at her Tennessee home.

The COVID-19 pandemic is taking a toll on people’s mental health.

As we focus on testing, treatment and vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a growing mental health crisis.

The former Boston College student accused of encouraging her boyfriend to take his own life has pleaded guilty. Inyoung You, 23, pleaded guilty Thursday to an involuntary manslaughter charge as part of a plea deal with prosecutors that allows her to avoid jail, the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office said. Suffolk Superior Court Judge Robert Ulmann sentenced You to 30 months…

The Laundrie family attorney confirmed Tuesday that the cause of death for Brian Laundrie was a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Four unexpected student deaths, including at least two suicides, over the span of five months at Worcester Polytechnic Institute amounted to more student deaths there than in the past decade and prompted conversations on campus about mental health concerns. Several students organized a rally and march on campus Thursday afternoon, where they met with university administrators to discuss new ways…

In the last five months, four WPI students have died — at least two of them died by suicide. Students are now pressuring administrators to do more to help.

The Biden administration is rolling out a new initiative aimed at reducing suicides by gun and combating the significant increases in suicides by members of the military and veterans

Callers in Vermont and New Hampshire will have to dial the area code to make local calls starting this weekend. The two states are among 82 area codes in 35 states that will require 10-digit dialing starting Sunday, according to Federal Communications Commission. The change is being made as a new nationwide suicide prevention line is being created as 988….

New Hampshire and Vermont are among the many states that will need to begin using 10-digit dialing for local calls starting this weekend, due to a national rule change that will enable a quick way to call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Starting Sunday, people with the area codes 603 (New Hampshire residents) and 802 (Vermont residents), will need to…

U.S. Army officials have unveiled a new resource and training center at Fort Hood that aims to create a more supportive culture following reports of murder, suicide and sexual assault at the embattled Texas military installation.

A Maryland Eastern Shore judge who was about to be arrested at his home on federal charges of sexual exploitation of a child was found dead Friday, officials said.

Research compiled by the Costs of War Project at Brown University found an estimated 30,177 active duty personnel and veterans who have served in the military since 9/11 have died by suicide, compared with 7,057 killed in post 9/11 military operations.

Nearly two months after the death of Mikayla Miller, 13 elected officials are calling for an independent investigation now that trust with the community has been broken.

There are new calls for answers in the death of Hopkinton teen Mikayla Miller, which was ruled a suicide.

More than a dozen Massachusetts officials of color are calling for an independent investigation into the death of Hopkinton teenager Mikayla Miller.

Nearly two months after the death of Mikayla Miller, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and a dozen state and local elected officials from Massachusetts asked for an independent investigation now that trust with the community has been broken. Mikayla, a 16-year-old from Hopkinton, was found dead in a wooded area on April 18. The day before, she’d been hit in a fight…

The mother of Mikayla Miller says she does not accept the medical examiner’s determination that her daughter’s death was a suicide.

Mikayla Miller’s ex-girlfriend expressed concern about her mental health and tried to get help just days before the teen was found dead.

Mikayla Miller’s mother rejected a ruling that the Hopkinton teenager’s death was a suicide, while a high-profile civil rights attorney joined her in calling for an independent investigation and police released files in the case.