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New York Times

How Long Can You Stay on Antidepressants? Christina Caron, December 2025.

Saskatoon Star Phoenix

Can Beta Blockers cure your anxiety? Teddy Amenabar, December 2025.

Psychiatric Times

Using AI to Write Psychiatric Progress Notes Dinah Miller, November 2025.

Hopkins Medicine

Popular Comprehensive Digital Psychiatry Guide Turns 10 with New Content and Updates Benedicta Kim, October 2025.

Washington Post

These drugs can calm you before a performance or speech. Here's how. Teddy Amenabar, October 2025.

New Scientist

Global suicide rates fell 30 percent since 1990 - but not in the US Grace Wade, September 2025.

Helio

Q&A: Suicide prevention entails "shift from reactive to proactive" methods Robert Herpen & Paul Nestadt, September 2025.

Virginia Mercury

Localities are too timid about using Virginia red flag law that can save lives Roger Chesley, September 2025.

Dallas Morning News

RFK Jr. targets psychiatric meds, such as SSRIs, in wake of Minneapolis mass shooting Emily Brimley, August 2025.

Public Health

How Doctors Can Use "Red Flag" Laws to Protect Patients in Crisis Jackie Powder, August 2025.

Baltimore Sun (Front Page)

High rates of "undetermined" deaths in Maryland Glynis Kazanjian, July 2025.

STATnews

An overlooked demographic has the highest suicide risk - and it's been rising Olivia Goldhill, July 2025.

Healio

Suicides by firearms in US reached new high for third straight year Andrew Rhoades, July 2025.

Virginia Mercury

Fighting the prevalence of gun suicides requires more attention, action Roger Chesley, July 2025.

Augusta Free Press

Guns driving U.S. suicide crisis: Report details problem, offers strategies for saving lives Chris Graham, June 2025.

HealthDay/ USNews

US Gun Suicides Continue Record Rise Dennis Thompson, June 2025.

Stateline

Gun suicides in US reached record high in 2023 Amanda Hernandez, June 2025.

Bangor Daily News

Maine jail officials minimized a "big red flag" before a woman's suicide Jules Walkup, June 2025.

KFF Health

3 Things to Watch on Mental Health in Trump's Early Budget Proposals Aneri Pattani, May 2025.

Associated Press

Jobs lost in every state and lifesaving cures not discovered: Possible impacts of research cuts Lauran Neergaard and Kasturi Pananjady, March 2025.

Scientific American

How to Tactfully Ask Your Child's Friend's Parents if They Have Guns at Home Sara Novak, December 2024.

Washington Post

Start-up putting ammo vending machines in grocery stores plans to grow Jackson Barton, December 2024.

US News & World Report

Foods to Fight Seasonal Affective Disorder Elaine K Howley, November 2024.

Maryland Psychiatrist

Voices for Change: A Profile of the MPS Legislative Committee Elizabeth Ryzner, November 2024.

MedScape

Is It Time for Universal Suicide Screening? Eve Bender, September 2024.

Virginian-Pilot

Shots Fired: Suicide by Firearms a Quiet Crisis Eliza Noe, June 2024.

Time Magazine

You're Vacationing All Wrong. Here's How to Have a Truly Restful Break Jamie Friedlander Serrano, June 2024.

The Guardian

Behind the alarming rise in US gun suicides among youth of color Claire Wang, May 2024.

New York Times

What You Really Need to Know About Antidepressants Christina Caron, April 2024.

Southern Maryland Chronicle

Understanding Maryland's firearm suicide statistics and trends Cassie Peo, April 2024.

Medscape

One Fifth of Those Attempting Suicide Don't Meet Criteria for a Psychiatric Disorder Eve Bender, February 2024.

New York Times

Hope for Suicide Prevention Ellen Barry, February 2024.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Post-holiday blues can be tough for older adults. Here's what to know Mary Caldwell, February 2024.

Public Health on Call

Psychological Autopsies to Prevent Suicides Stephanie Desmon, January 2024.

Epoch Times

Detailed Analysis of Matthew Perry's Cause of Death, According to Full Autopsy Report Marina Zhang, December 2023.

Medscape

Patients With Parkinson's at Elevated Risk for Suicidal Thoughts, Behavior Megan Brooks, November 2023.

The Guardian

The majority of US gun deaths are suicides. Here's how to prevent them Lois Beckett, November 2023.

JHBSPH Magazine

Looking for Why Jackie Powder, November 2023.

NBC News

Who is using AI chatbot therapists? Here's what to know Kyla Russell, November 2023.

Malone Center News

Johns Hopkins Researchers Make The Case For Social Media Standards On Suicide Jaimie Patterson ,October 2023.

Mid Hudson News

Bridge Authority agenda excludes suicide prevention discussion September 2023.

National Journal

'A lit match': Medical experts worry about domestic-violence, firearms case Erin Durkin, September 2023.

Clinical Psychiatry News

Suicidality Risk in Youth at Highest at Night Megan Brooks, August 2023.

Baltimore Banner

Using weed to improve your mental health? Not so fast, experts say Meredith Cohn and Taylor DeVille, July 2023.

HuffPo UK

Can Antidepressants Stop Working If You Take Them For A Long Period? Kate Nicholson, June 2023.

Medpage

'Medically Relevant to Saving the Life of Your Patient': What We Heard This Week Medpage staff, May 2023.

Healio

Family firearm culture prevalent among youth who died by firearm suicide Kalie Vandewater, May 2023.

Medscape

The Family Firearm Often Used in Youth Suicide Megan Brooks, May 2023.

Medpage Today

Family Gun Culture May Play a Role in Teens' Risk of Firearm Suicide Kristen Monaco, May 2023.

Johns Hopkins Headlines

Going Deep Into the Why of Suicide Jackie Powder, May 2023.

Bicycling

Mental Fatigue Can Impair Physical Performance Elizabeth Millard, April 2023.

Medscape News

Underutilized Antipsychotic May Curb Schizophrenia's "Most Dreaded Outcome Batya Yasgur, March 2023.

Kaiser Health News

As Colorado Reels From Another School Shooting, Study Finds 1 in 4 Teens Have Quick Access to Guns Markian Hawryluk, March 2023.

Boston Globe

Barbara Stanley, influential suicide researcher, dies at 73 Ellen Barry, January 2023.

LA Times

Our psychological armor helps us cope with mass shootings, but numbs us to the destruction Thomas Curwen, January 2023.

Health

How to Manage the Post-Holiday Blues'And When to Seek Help Alyssa Hui, January 2023.

New York Times

Barbara Stanley, influential suicide researcher, dies at 73 Ellen Barry, January 2023.

Fatherly

What Happens To Your Body When You Don't Get Enough Light Sara Novak, December 2022.

AFRO

Daylight Savings Time means shorter days and, for some, seasonal depression Mylika Scattliffe, December 2022.

AFRO

Mental health professionals suggest more effective approach to stemming suicide Mylika Scattliffe, November 2022.

MedScape

Gun Control: Physicians Speak Out 2022 Jon McKenna, October 2022.

Mental

The Gen XYZ Guide to Anxiety Disorders Angela Munasque, October 2022.

LA Times

Ketamine may help severely depressed, study shows Thomas Curwen, October 2022.

LA Times

An L.A. journalist's death by suicide still confounds years later. Thomas Curwen, October 2022.

JAMA

Examining the Impact of Firearm Safety Laws on Suicides Rita Rubin, September 2022. doi:10.1001/jama.2022.13660

Verywell Mind

Reducing the Stigma of Suicide and Mental Health Issues in the Black Community LaKeisha Fleming, September 2022.

Insider

Some patients say a commonly prescribed steroid triggered mania and suicidal ideation. I should know - it happened to me. Julia Metraux, July 2022.

New York Times

Can Supplements Really Help With Depression or Anxiety? Annie Sneed, June 2022.

Scientific American

Suicides Among Black People May Be Vastly Undercounted Sara Novak, June 2022.

Medscape

US Regions with Lax Gun-Control Laws Spend More on Firearm Injuries Linda Carroll, May 2022.

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Hub

How Do We Stop Gun Violence In America? Amy Lunday, May 2022.

New Scientist

Firearm suicides are rising in the US despite declining globally Grace Wade, May 2022.

Everyday Health

Do Antidepressants Improve Quality of Life? Becky Upham, April 2022.

MDAlert

Adolescents made up larger share of suicides during pandemic Linda Carroll, April 2022.

HeathNewsHub

As Heart Disease Deaths Fall, Suicide and Overdose Deaths Rise Susan McDonald, April 2022.

WebMD

Is the Opioid Crisis Masking Real Rates of Suicides? Sara Novak, April 2022.

Reuters.

Guns overtake car crashes as leading cause of traumatic death in U.S. Linda Carroll, February 2022.

Reuters.

Suicides by intentional drug overdose dropping overall in the U.S., rising in some groups Linda Carroll, February 2022.

New York Times.

Survey of Americans Who Attempted Suicide Finds Many Aren't Getting Care Ellen Barry, January 2022.

Medscape.

Opioid Agonist Therapy Guards Against Self-Harm, Suicide Pauline Anderson, December 2021.

Health Day.

Ketamine May Quickly Ease Tough-to-Treat Depression Amy Norton, December 2021.

Medscape.

Surgeon General's Report on Youth Mental Health Gets Mixed Reviews Jennifer Lubell, December 2021.

Discover Magazine.

Does Seasonal Affective Disorder Get Worse with Age? Sara Novak, November 2021.

US News & World Report.

Despite Stress of Pandemic, U.S. Suicide Rate Dropped in 2020 Denise Mann, November 2021.

US News & World Report.

Foods and Activities to Fight SAD. Elaine Howley, October 2021.

Hopkins Medicine.

Gun Shy (Interview) Jim Duffy, Fall 2021.

19thNews.

Rep. Susan Wild faced trauma. It transformed her priorities in Congress. (Interview) Amanda Becker, September 2021.

Yahoo News.

What are Intrusive Thoughts? An Expert Weighs In Kaitlin Reilly, September 2021.

NewsOne.

Suicide Rates Are Soaring For Black People During The Pandemic. Here's What You Can Do To Help Shannon Dawson, September 2021.

HealthDay.

Could You Help Prevent a Suicide? Know the Warning Signs Steven Reinberg, September 2021.

Mirage.

To Prevent Suicides, Johns Hopkins Medicine Says, Know Warning Signs; Follow Tips Public Release, September 2021.

Pandemic Unveils Growing Suicide Crisis For Communities Of Color Science Friday/ Kaiser Health News (background and quotes, description of my paper and research). Aneri Pattani, August 2021.

The Black Wall Street Times.

Suicide rates increase in Black communities despite nationwide decrease Deon Osborne, August 2021.

Reuters Health/ Medscape.

Suicide Attempts More Common Among US Muslims Than in Other Religious Groups Linda Carroll, July 2021.

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Maryland Matters.

Jury in Capital Gazette Case Prepares to Hear Final Arguments about Gunman's Sanity Hannah Gaskill, July 2021.

Baltimore Sun.

Anne Arundel elected officials, health experts discuss gun violence awareness, prevention Ada Romano, June 2021.

CapRadio-NPR/ Insight.

Rates Of Suicide Rose During The Pandemic For Black Americans Vicki Gonzalez, May 2021.

Medscape.

Suicide in the Early Months of the Pandemic: Unexpected Trends Dinah Miller. April 2021.

New York Times.

U.S. Suicides Declined Over All in 2020 but May Have Risen Among People of Color Roni Rabin, April 2021

MDAlert.

Suicide risk higher for nurses compared to general population Linda Carroll. April 2021.

Morning Consult.

Weekly ER Visits for Suicidal Thoughts, Attempts in 2020 Did Not Exceed Pre-Pandemic Level, Data Shows Gabby Galvin, March 2021.

Fox News.

Teens" mental health claims double amid pandemic: Experts weigh in. Kayla Rivas. March 2021.

Reuters Health/ Medscape

Adverse Mental Health Symptoms Related to COVID-19 Remained High 6 Months Into Pandemic Linda Carroll. February 2021.

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Psychology Today.

Suicide by Intentional Overdose in Children Maureen O'Reilly-Landry, February 2021.

Medscape Psychiatry

The Psychiatrist and the Vaccine Dinah Miller. January 2021.

New York Times.

Will the Pandemic Result in more Suicides? Kim Tingley. January 2021.

Open Minds (Weekly News Wire)

Maryland Suicide Deaths During The COVID-19 Pandemic Doubled Among Black Residents But Dropped By Half Among White Residents Traci Hacker. January 2021.

Brinkwire.

A rise in suicides was expected in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, but what Johns Hopkins researchers actually found was very different. Alanis Hayal. January 2021.

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SciTechDaily.

Skyrocketing Suicides Were Predicted During First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic - Here's What Johns Hopkins Researchers Actually Found December 2020

Johns Hopkins Magazine.

Anxiety Fallout Aaron Reuben. December 2020

Reuters Health/ Medscape.

Few Patients Recall Gun Safety Discussions With Clinicians Linda Carroll, December 2020.

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US News.

Pandemic Tied to Higher Suicide Rate in Blacks, Lowered Rate in Whites: Study Denise Mann. December 2020

Baltimore Sun.

During early coronavirus lockdown, Black suicides spiked, Johns Hopkins study finds - and now experts worry about winter Tatyana Turner. December 2020

Everyday Health.

How to Not Let Pandemic Fatigue Turn Into Pandemic Burnout Elizabeth Millard. November 2020 (interview)

Elemental.

What It's Like to Experience Depression for the First Time, in a Pandemic Ashley Laderer. October 2020 (interview)

MD Alert.

Few gun-owning seniors in the U.S. have advance directives for their firearms Linda Carroll. October 2020 (interview)

Yahoo News.

Biden's spotlight on son's addiction earns praise from advocates Brittany Shephard. September 2020 (interview)

CBS.

Baltimore Mental Health Crisis Hotline Seeing Surge In Calls Amid Coronavirus Pandemic Annie Rose Ramos. September 2020 (interview)

Baltimore Sun.

As coronavirus rolls on in Maryland, mental health toll surges, with experts fearing spike in suicides Yvonne Wenger. September 2020 (interview)

Very Well Mind.

CDC Says 40% of Adults Struggling With Mental Health During COVID-19 Elizabeth Millard. August 2020 (interview)

Medical News.

Improving reading proficiency may lead to fewer youth homicides, study shows Emily Henderson. June 2020

Mic.

"My friends are acting like this pandemic is over - how do I deal? - Melissa Pandika. June 2020 (interview)

Bloomberg Public Health Magazine.

COVID-19 and Suicide: A Crisis within a Crisis Christen Brownlee. May 2020 (interview and editorial assistance)

Psychiatry Advisor.

Expert Roundtable: Adjusting to Telepsychiatry During COVID-19 Tori Rodriguez. May 2020 (panel interview)

New York Times.

How to Manage Panic Attacks Julie Halpert. April 2020 (interview)

Yahoo News.

As coronavirus spreads, mentally ill Americans are left scrambling for options Brittany Shepard. April 2020 (interview)

JHSPH News.

Surge of Gun Sales Amid COVID-19 Worries Experts Jackie Powder. April 2020

KFOX El Paso.

AA meetings canceled due to COVID-19 putting addicts at risk of relapse Alyssa Bethancourt. April 2020

Best Life.

15 Coronavirus Myths You Need to Stop Believing, According to Doctors Colby Hall. April 2020

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Medscape.

Americans More Likely to Feel Down, Stressed, on Hot Days Linda Carroll, March 2020 (interview)

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Global Health Now.

Hold the "Quarantinis": Alcohol and Novel Coronavirus Might Not Mix J. Cavanaugh Simpson. March 2020 (interview)

Swamp.

Liquor Stores Remain Open In Some States As "Essential Businesses Margaret Minnicks. March 2020 (interview)

Houston Chronicle.

Here's why Harris County allowed liquor stores to remain open Zach Despart. March 2020 (interview)

USA Today (North Jersey).

Nearly all businesses in NJ are closed. Why are liquor stores considered 'essential'? Ashley Balcerzak. March 2020 (interview)

EurekAlert/MedicalXpress.

Rifles and shotguns used more often in youth and rural suicides JHM. February 2020 (Press release of my work)

BBC.

The silent epidemic of America's problem with guns Joel Gunter, February 2020 (interview)

NCPR.

Some 2nd Amendment activists say suicide isn't a gun issue. Public health experts disagree. Brian Mann, February 2020 (interview)

Reuters.

Many soldiers thinking about suicide show no signs Linda Carroll, January 2020 (interview)

Capital News Service.

Maryland lawmakers consider new rifle and shotgun regulations. Fatemah Paryavi, January 2020.

Baltimore Sun {FRONT PAGE].

Up to a third of opioid overdose deaths might be suicides, Johns Hopkins researcher concludes. Meredith Cohn, January 2020 (interview)

US News & World Report.

"Study: Drug-Caused Suicides in Utah Underestimated by 33% Associated Press, January 2020 (interview)

Standard Examiner.

Utah's opioid suicide toll underreported, teen-led research project reveals Mark Shenefelt, January 2020 (interview)

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Salt Lake Tribune.

Drug-caused suicides in Utah underestimated by 33% Braley Dodson, January 2020 (interview)

KSL/ Deseret News.

A third of Utah overdose deaths are actually suicides, researchers find Ashley Imlay, December 2019 (interview)

VOA News.

Wartime Suicide Rates Rise Among US Army Soldiers Pete Musto, December 2019 (interview)

Reuters.

Two-century trend of Army suicide decrease during war reversed in past two decades Linda Carroll, December 2019 (interview)

LA Times.

Their kids died on the psych ward. They were far from alone, a Times investigation found Soumya Karlamangla, December 2019 (interview)

LA Times.

How to reduce suicides on the psychiatric ward Soumya Karlamangla, December 2019 (interview)

Reuters/ Physician's Weekly/.

Firearms most lethal suicide method by far in the U.S. Linda Carroll, December 2019 (interview)

Buzzfeed.

A Man Who Sold Opioids And Texted Instructions To A College Student Who Killed Herself Got 24 Years In Prison Tasneem Nashrulla, November 2019 (interview)

LA Times.

Drug overdoses probed in USC student deaths, pointing to "twin epidemics Colleen Shalby, November 2019 (interview)

LA Magazine.

9 USC Students Have Died This Semester, and the Campus Community Is Searching for Answers Brittany Martin, November 2019 (interview)

LA Times.

9 student deaths have USC trying to quell rumors in a delicate balancing act Sounya Karlamangla, November 2019 (interview)

Clinical Psychiatry News.

Half of psychiatry, psychology trial abstracts contain spin Bianca Nogrady, August 2019 (interview)

MDedge

Would a Universal Basic Income help our patients? Dinah Miller, July 2019 (interview)

CQ Researcher (Sage)

Suicide Crisis. Interviews. Ref: Lyons, C. L. (2019, July 12). Suicide crisis. CQ researcher, 29, 1-60. Retrieved from

CNN

Storing a loaded gun at home raised soldiers' risk of death by suicide, study finds, June 2019 (Interview)

Daily Mail

Rise in the number of suicide deaths - despite a huge drop in the global rate: Experts warn attempts to curb deaths worked in Europe but not in the US and Russia (Interview)

Reuters

Chronic pain may contribute to suicide, study warns, September 2018 (interview)

Medical Daily Times

Study connects chronic pain to suicide risk, September 2018 (interview)

Reuters

Chronic pain may contribute to suicide, study warns, September 2018 (interview)

The Bulletin

An urban-rural divide over gun suicide, August 2018 (interview)

North Country Public Radio

Most firearm deaths in America involve suicide, not bad guys with guns, July 2018 (interview)

Pew Trusts/ Stateline

An Immigrant Community Haunted by Suicide, July 2018 (interview)

Healio

Opiates demonstrate increased presence in suicide completion, May 2018 (interview)

Doctors Lounge

American Psychiatric Association Press Briefing, May 2018 (interview)

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Medscape

Opioid Prevalence in Suicide Victims Skyrockets, May 2018 (interview)

Medical Xpress

Opiates may be playing an increasing role in suicides, even outside of overdoses, May 2018

The Bulletin

Guns account for higher rural suicide rate, 2017

Baltimore Sun

More access to guns could be reason for higher rural suicide rates, Hopkins researchers find, 2017

Reuters

Guns help explain difference in urban and rural suicide rates (interview), 2017

Clinical Psychiatry News

Suicide: A surprisingly ambivalent topic (interview), 2017

Huffington Post

Guns Help Explain Difference in Urban and Rural Suicide Rates, 2017

Medical Express

Higher rural suicide rates driven by use of guns, 2017

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STAT

Gun sellers join forces to curb suicide by firearm, rampant in rural areas (interview) , 2017

Science Daily

Higher rural suicide rates driven by use of guns, 2017

US News

Gun Access May Drive Higher Suicide Rates in Rural Areas, 2017

Health.com

Gun Access May Drive Higher Suicide Rates in Rural Areas (interview), 2017

American Journal of Managed Care Blog

Firearms' Role as Driver of High Rural Suicide Rates Indicates Prevention Opportunities, 2017

Healthline

Guns Are Causing High Suicide Rate in Rural Areas, Researchers Say (interview), 2017

Earth.com

Access to guns linked to higher suicide rates in rural area (interview) , 2017

Healio

Gun use escalates higher rural suicide rate (interview) , 2017

Vice News

Guns are responsible for spike in rural suicide rates, study finds (interview) , 2017

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Pacific Standard

The Rural Suicide Rate is Driven by Men with Guns (interview) , 2017

New York Times

Guns Play Oversize Role in Rural Suicides (interview) , 2017

Kaiser Health News

Gun Sellers Join Forces To Curb Suicide-By-Firearm, Rampant In Rural Areas (interview) , 2017

The Independent (United Kingdom)

Suicide rates boosted by easy access to guns, researchers say (interview) , 2017

Washington Post

More Access to Guns Could be Reason for Higher Rural Suicide Rates (interview) , 2017

Hopkins BrainWise

Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Goes POC-IT Size (interview), 2015