REDEFINING SUICIDE.

JULIE GOLDSTEIN GRUMET has worked at the forefront of mental health and suicide-prevention efforts since she examined the topic in her 2001 dissertation to become a clinical psychologist. One targeted solution is establishing a proper condition of suicidality in the Bible of the mental-health world, the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). For starters, the majority of U.S. suicide victims (54 percent) have no known mental health condition when they carry out the act, according to CDC research conducted in 2016. Mental health researcher Michael Lindsey worked on multiple 2021 studies that highlighted rising suicidal behavior and particular patterns among Black youth. [Extracted from the article]