Articles Tagged: Suicide

Community members gathered to honor the memories of those who have taken their own life and share their experiences during a Light the Night event on World Suicide Prevention Day at Foundation 2 Crisis Services in Cedar Rapids.

The Linn County Sheriff’s Office has determined the deaths of two people in April at a mobile home park in Springville were both suicides.

A Coralville women received a deferred prosecution for encouraging and assisting an Olin woman in a plan to kill herself. The Coralville woman won’t be prosecuted or 12 months if she gets a mental health evaluation and treatment. If she complies with the conditions, the prosecution will dismiss the charge.

The Cedar Rapids Police Department has released the names of three people who were found dead Thursday in what police believe was a double murder/suicide.

Three people are dead after what police believe was a murder/suicide Thursday in Cedar Rapids, according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

A Coralville woman was arrested in Jones County earlier this month on charges that she enabled the suicide of a friend in 2021.

In 2023, the total number of Iowans who died by suicide dropped from 581 to 496 — a success that researchers are trying to determine how to replicate. However, the portion of those suicide victims who were teenagers increased from 3.1 percent to 5.2 percent, or around 18 teen suicides in 2022, to 26 in 2023, according to data from the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services.

The University of Iowa Police Department has added decals featuring 988, the national suicide and crisis lifeline number, to all its squad cars and Nite Ride vehicles.

A man who police believe committed two homicides in Moline, Illinois, last week was found dead later that same day by a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Coralville.

While the CDC recently announced that U.S. suicide rates are at the highest levels since 1941, a University of Iowa expert says there’s reason to believe young people may be successfully reducing the stigma surrounding mental health issues.

Cedar Rapids center sees growing need for support and safe spaces for LGBTQ youth in the wake of new Iowa laws banning gender-affirming care for minors and restricting LGBTQ education in schools.

The national suicide prevention crisis number was shortened to the three digit number 988 in July, resulting in an increase in call volumes across the United States. The two nonprofits that serve as answering centers for the line in Iowa have been keeping up with demand, despite high staff turnover.

Also, the new 988 line for suicide prevention launches Saturday

Starting Sunday, Oct. 24, Iowa residents in the 319 and 515 area codes will need to dial all 10 digits to make phone calls.

A man who was hit by a vehicle Friday on Highway 100, near Interstate 380, died as the result of his injuries, Cedar Rapids Police said in a news release Monday. Based on its preliminary investigation, the police department said its accident reconstruction specialists determined the was intentionally in the roadway.