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.

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