Suicide Prevention
Editors: Wyofile prefaced the following story with the statement below:
This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, you can call or text the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988.
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Officials will start parsing through the lives of those...
CASPER — Gov. Mark Gordon can count many wins during this year’s legislative session.
The supplemental budget bill aligned closely with what he proposed and also put away roughly $1.4 billion in savings. The Legislature boosted pay for state employees to counteract inflation and invested in the...
GILLETTE — Before walking into the community QPR — question, persuade, refer — class Campbell County Health recently hosted, Shelli Lind, 55, knew plenty about the impact suicide has had in the community.
But like the rest...
The scientific consensus is clear when it comes to gender-affirming care: it reduces suicidality and promotes well-being for transgender people.
Even when it comes to patients under the age of 18, all major medical...
LOVELL — Those in agriculture can be especially at risk, but the truths in Darla Tyler-McSherry’s talk to the Rocky Mountain FFA Thursday night are universal. The group met Thursday night to discuss a topic not often associated with farmers: mental illness and...
CODY — Wyoming legislators are inundated daily by different voices and perspectives.
But it’s not often that they hear directly from the people who could be most affected by their work, especially when those constituents are still in high school and not even voting age.
However, for the better...
GREYBULL— The third Monday of January marked Blue Monday, wryly referred to as the gloomiest day of the year.
The name was coined to reflect feelings associated with post-holiday credit card bills, weight gain and seasonal depression. Blue Monday couples our overindulgence hangover with...
LARAMIE — Dominic Blake’s first tattoo was a small black semicolon tucked behind his right ear. It is not only OK to ask about it, he hopes everyone will.
A semicolon tattoo is a message about mental health and suicide prevention. It started in 2013 when Project Semicolon was launched as a way to...
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