Suicide deaths jumped 45% in Ohio from 2007 to 2018. The deaths are often driven by economic despair and hopelessness, and by a society that says 'it’s not OK for an older white male to say, ‘I need help,’ ” one victim's daughter said. (WCPN)
Ashtabula is in a state of crisis because so many people are lost every year to both suicides and drug overdoses, said Butler. There is a confluence of economic instability and drug use which is driving suicide rates higher, Butler said.
White men, as a demographic group, are particularly at risk of suicide. According to the Ohio Alliance for Innovation in Population Health May 2019, suicide rates are up across all demographic groups in Ohio, but white men are the most likely to die at their own hand. Ashtabula county is pivoting to tourism and other service jobs, but high rates of generational poverty persist. [Mary Fecteau / ideastream]
One suicide occurs every 11 minutes in the U.S., and more people die from suicide than homicides, Campbell told the audience. Suicidologist Frank Campbell says suicide and suicide attempts are different for every individual. Campbell says it difficult to generalize the cause or the solutions. Ashtabula County resident Cheryl Throop wishes she could go back and have deeper conversations with her two daughters, who both died by suicide.
Throop's other daughter, Cathy, was outgoing and was often the life of the party, but she had a history of drug addiction and fell into depression because of problems in her marriage, said her mother. After her daughters' deaths, Throop said she felt isolated in her grief. Many of her friends didn't quite know what to say and there was an awkwardness to their conversations, she said.
She tried traditional counseling but that didn't work for her. At the counseling center Throop meets regularly with a loss group and this is helping her cope, she said.
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