Finnish research shows spike in post-Christmas divorce applications
Historical data show a nearly 40 percent increase in divorce applications filed in January, compared to December, according to Turku
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Drinking, smoking consumption in decline, but suicide plans on the rise among Alaska teens
Fewer Alaska high school students say they are drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes compared to a decade ago, according to
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Finland’s suicide stats continue to fall
Although Finland still has an above-average suicide rate for a European country, the number of suicides has decreased by more
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Alaska Villages without running water or health aides: Federal officials hear about challenges
HOOPER BAY — A severe housing shortage that makes it hard to recruit needed community health aides. High turnover among
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Alaska’s perspective on heroin addiction
PALMER – Kim Whitaker took the story of her anguish over her daughter’s ongoing battle with heroin addiction straight to
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Finland’s unacknowledged problem: Alcoholism
A leading medical expert says that one million people in Finland suffer the effects of substance abuse, whether as a
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Canadian parliament held emergency debate on suicides in indigenous community
Members of Canada’s House of Commons held an emergency debate Tuesday to discuss the suicide crisis in a remote indigenous
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Parliament to debate Attawapiskat suicide crisis
Members of the House of Commons will hold an emergency debate Tuesday evening to discuss the suicide crisis playing out
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Suicide crisis grows at Ontario First Nation
A federal and provincial crisis team has flown to a northern Ontario First Nation that declared a state of emergency
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Arctic psychiatrist gives tips for coping with SAD
Rovaniemi-based psychiatrist Antti Liikkanen lives in Finnish Lapland, where the sun goes down in late November and doesn’t come up
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Arctic Council talks climate, COP21, suicide in North
An Arctic Council meeting wound up in Alaska on Friday with a focus on issues like climate adaptation, the marine environment and the suicide
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Nunavut declares suicide crisis in territory
The premier of Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut officially declared suicide a crisis in the region in remarks made on
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Confronting suicide in Alaska
A discussion after a suicide can help support vulnerable people who are at risk, or it can help push them
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US pushes ambitious Arctic Council goals
Just six months into the United States’ chairmanship of the Arctic Council, events have “already moved the ball forward enormously”
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Swedes seek “nature” in times of life crisis
A new survey of cancer patients suggests that in times of crisis many Swedes find solace in “naturen,” which translates
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