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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

A homeless man sits in downtown Tucson. (Photo by Nels Bergeron)

Tucson, Pima County echo national decrease in homelessness

Nels Bergeron October 2, 2018

    Improved assistance, access to permanent housing and a robust economy brought counteless homeless in out of the dark over the last decade. However, over a half a million people...

University ofArizona Neuroscience student sits in front of Campus Health.

UA seeks schizophrenia diagnostic test

Chris Blach February 23, 2018

Today, schizophrenics don’t know they’re sick. University of Arizona researchers want to change that. Schizophrenia symptoms are different in everyone, making it difficult to diagnose, and no...

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A quarter of Arizona prisoners are mentally ill

Meryl Engle February 18, 2016

For 23 minutes, Tucson prison guards recorded Anthony Lester bleeding to death. Lester slit his throat, wrists and legs with a razor he never should have been given. Lester suffered from schizophrenia....

Suicide rates by age demographic for the year 2012 (Graph by Shelby Edwards/Arizona Sonora News)(http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6128a8.htm)

Elderly more prone to depression, suicide

Shelby Edwards September 30, 2015

The elderly suffer from depression in larger numbers than most other age demographics, making them more likely to commit suicide.Due to Arizona’s large elderly population, keeping aging adults mentally...

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