Patients with OCD are 10 times more likely to commit suicide, contrary to what was previously thought.A new study shows that the main predictor of suicide in OCD patients is a previous suicide attempt, which offers opportunities for prevention.
Source: Patients with OCD are 10 times more likely to commit suicide — ScienceDaily
Again, you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
Steve Jobs
Source: Pension Problem Too Big To Ignore? | MishTalk
Source: Your pension could be at the center of America’s next financial crisis | TheHill
The situation is not getting better. The future looks more and more like cat food and crackers for a lot of retirees.
Eurostat statistics in October 2016 showed that less than a third of under-35s in Italy had left their parental home, a figure 20 percentage points higher than the European average.
Source: Italy at the Grim Edge of a Global Problem | Wolf Street
The grown up child living in her childhood bedroom or the basement is actually a global problem. I don’t pretend to have the answers. All I know is my millennials are gone. Neither of the two are financially dependent upon the Bank of Mom & Dad. Hopefully we did some things right. Maybe we got a little lucky.
Probably both.
Source: Spousal Suicide Ups Morbidity, Mortality in Surviving Partner and
Original JAMA Psych article is the second link.
Many experts have blamed a poor job market, but new research indicates that an overlooked cause may be poor health.
Source: Unhealthy Men and Labor Force Participation – The Atlantic
Multiple study sources with links to the original research. A good article.
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