There's Been A Disturbing Increase In Middle-Aged Suicides Since 2000

Just one death by suicide to one-far-too-many, but the increasing rate at which Americans are killing themselves is deeply disturbing. Suicide now accounts for more deaths in the U.S. than car crashes, according to a new report by the Center for Disease Control. The study was published Thursday, May 2, in the CDC journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. For reasons still unclear, the biggest increases by age group occurred among middle-aged Americans, with dramatic increases of about 50% a...