OpenAI says over a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly
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The number of suicides among students in elementary to high school hit a record in 2024, with the figure for those in their 20s also remaining high, underscoring the need to beef up care, health ministry data showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/japan/society/students-suicide-record-high/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #suicide #students #children #mhlw #mentalhealth #surveys
A report released to coincide with World Suicide Prevention Day found a sharp rise since 2019 of people in Japan taken to hospital for self-harm and attempted suicide, especially among young people and women. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/science-health/self-harm-women/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #health #suicide #mentalhealth #psychology #hospitals
Most Japanese teenagers who struggle with school life say the start of a new term after summer break feels painful, a recent survey shows, with 93.1% of respondents saying they “wanted to disappear from the world.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/28/japan/society/summer-vacation-end-school/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #schools #children #suicide #mentalhealth
Thirteen people caught up in a faulty accounting software scandal at British Post Office branches may have killed themselves and 59 more contemplated doing so, a public inquiry report published Tuesday said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/09/world/uk-post-scandal-suicides/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #fujitsu #uk #suicide #postalservices
Rising real estate prices in Japan have led investors to begin considering as an option "misfortunate properties," homes where deaths have occurred. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/japan/misfortunate-properties/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #realestate #death #aging #suicide #surveys #misfortunateproperties
41 years ago today
Alan Vega & Martin Rev of Suicide, Irving Plaza, New York, 30 June 1984.
Photo by Catherine Ceresole
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