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A shooting that left five dead in North Carolina occurred when a man shot and killed his wife and three children and then himself, police said Monday.

A new national suicide prevention lifeline will launch on Saturday. State health officials are making preparations to help meet the needs of North Carolinians.

With the new three-digit number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline set to launch in days, several states have been beset by staffing crunches, dropped or rerouted calls and lack of planning.

A spike in pandemic pets is increasing shortages and burnout among veterinarians — a field that already had high rates of suicide. A new mental health initiative offers professional help for free.

After nearly two years of grueling shifts treating COVID patients, a group of nurses lost one of their closest friends to suicide. They're determined not to let others fall through the cracks.

The new strategy is called "postvention." It means having a plan built on truth, compassion and counseling that quickly addresses the mental health needs of friends and classmates after a suicide.

Officials at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have canceled classes Tuesday as the school grapples with recent suicides among students. 

The new data highlights the divide between the dangers posed by war and the persistent mental health crisis in not only the military but the country at large.

A cluster of suicides in Las Vegas, plus a troubling rise in youth suicide attempts observed in ERs nationwide, is raising fears that the pandemic is fueling a children's mental health crisis.