Stefan Gingerich

you might notice that they're having mental health issues. There was an increased awareness of mental health issues during COVID that people would attribute to COVID, but may have also had an effect on suicidal thoughts and experiences that might have protected some people from those self-harm events.

you might notice that they're having mental health issues. There was an increased awareness of mental health issues during COVID that people would attribute to COVID, but may have also had an effect on suicidal thoughts and experiences that might have protected some people from those self-harm events.

In other words- I think that it's possible, sure. I think we probably are getting a little bit better at recognizing suicidal experiences and reporting, reducing the stigma around suicide. When you reduce the stigma around something, you do tend to find more of it. We've seen that in other cases as well.

In other words- I think that it's possible, sure. I think we probably are getting a little bit better at recognizing suicidal experiences and reporting, reducing the stigma around suicide. When you reduce the stigma around something, you do tend to find more of it. We've seen that in other cases as well.

I think our measurement isn't perfect, but that is one of those optimistic sort of positive points is if we can get better data, and I think we have good data, but it also can be better, we may be able to find ways to guide interventions, develop interventions, and point those interventions in the right places.

I think our measurement isn't perfect, but that is one of those optimistic sort of positive points is if we can get better data, and I think we have good data, but it also can be better, we may be able to find ways to guide interventions, develop interventions, and point those interventions in the right places.

as well yeah that's that's a similar pattern nationally where you see males tend to have a suicide rate about three to five times higher than females and it's going to vary based on the year it's going to vary based on the location um it varies based on age group as well as racial groups um so there are some variations there but that's definitely one of the the more persistent patterns that we see

as well yeah that's that's a similar pattern nationally where you see males tend to have a suicide rate about three to five times higher than females and it's going to vary based on the year it's going to vary based on the location um it varies based on age group as well as racial groups um so there are some variations there but that's definitely one of the the more persistent patterns that we see

So there are, there are a few potential reasons. And I think, you know, this is probably a good time to point out that epidemiology is always focused on

So there are, there are a few potential reasons. And I think, you know, this is probably a good time to point out that epidemiology is always focused on

the large group which is everybody and it's nobody right and so when i make generalizations like this this is not to say that every male fits into these categories as we as we all know so with that as as preamble i'll say men tend to not be great at managing their emotions they don't talk about their emotions as much as women um with apologies to the the guys on the podcast

the large group which is everybody and it's nobody right and so when i make generalizations like this this is not to say that every male fits into these categories as we as we all know so with that as as preamble i'll say men tend to not be great at managing their emotions they don't talk about their emotions as much as women um with apologies to the the guys on the podcast

And so that's part of it is, you know, understanding how to cope with negative emotions and not allowing those negative emotions to manifest into something like suicidality. Another part of it is firearms. You know, I think when you look at the cause of the fatal injury, over half of all suicide deaths among males occur by firearm. That's not true of the females. It's closer to a quarter or 20%.

And so that's part of it is, you know, understanding how to cope with negative emotions and not allowing those negative emotions to manifest into something like suicidality. Another part of it is firearms. You know, I think when you look at the cause of the fatal injury, over half of all suicide deaths among males occur by firearm. That's not true of the females. It's closer to a quarter or 20%.

With females, it tends to be predominantly poisonings or overdoses, drug overdoses. And that also plays into

With females, it tends to be predominantly poisonings or overdoses, drug overdoses. And that also plays into

the there's the lethality of the mechanism that also needs to be considered where um you know a gunshot wound to the head there's not a lot of of opportunity for intervention medical life-saving um interventions of any kind whereas with the poisoning there might be a little bit of time for some sort of life-saving intervention yeah um and so it's it's just that is a big part of it

the there's the lethality of the mechanism that also needs to be considered where um you know a gunshot wound to the head there's not a lot of of opportunity for intervention medical life-saving um interventions of any kind whereas with the poisoning there might be a little bit of time for some sort of life-saving intervention yeah um and so it's it's just that is a big part of it

And when you look at the non-fatal injuries relative to the fatal injuries, you see that difference in the cause of the injury come up as well, where 60 to 70% of the non-fatal injuries are poisonings and just a tiny sliver of them are firearm related because of, again, the lethality of the firearms.

And when you look at the non-fatal injuries relative to the fatal injuries, you see that difference in the cause of the injury come up as well, where 60 to 70% of the non-fatal injuries are poisonings and just a tiny sliver of them are firearm related because of, again, the lethality of the firearms.