Modern data suggests midlife-crisis risk of suicide in people’s late 40s
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - 10:02
in Psychology & Sociology
New research documents modern international evidence of a midlife peak in suicide risk. The pattern is particularly marked among females, and within the English-speaking countries. In many nations it also holds for males. Middle-aged people now commit suicide at almost twice the rate of individuals in their 30s or 60s.