Suicide Prevention

988, the three-digit number for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, launched nationwide one year ago. How is it working in Maryland?

Residents can receive up to two locks from three library branches across Anne Arundel County.

A judge ruled that gun shops must provide pamphlets on suicide prevention, however, the retailers are appealing the decision.

Maryland would join three other states including neighboring Virginia in passing Donna’s Law, a suicide prevention bill

Supporters say the list, where someone could voluntary enroll themselves, is a suicide prevention matter.

The 988 phone hotline already routes Maryland residents to suicide and prevention experts on standby instead of the 911 police response during a mental health crisis.

The goal is to stop sending police to mental health crisis situations and divert 911 calls to the new hotline.

Centers across the state were pumped up with federal and state funding.

All the love, attention and resources that Congressman Jamie Raskin and his wife could wrap around their only son Tommy could not save him from the depression that led him to suicide. In his memoir "Unthinkable," Raskin reflects on whether talking about suicide could have made a difference.

In Should We Stay Or Should We Go, Lionel Shriver asks whether lives of diminished health are worth living.