On Black Suicide Rates in Chicago's Cook County and the Impact of Dehumanization Amid Global Crises
A recent study of suicide rates in Chicago's Cook County is a window into the mental health state of Black America over the past 11 months
A recent news story by the Chicago Sun-Times revealed that more Black residents of Chicago’s Cook County died by suicide in 2020 than in the past decade. According to the reporting, the rise in suicide cases came as a result of government officials’ failure to deliver improved measures of suicide prevention despite its previous pledge to do so.
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