(NPR) – Men over 75 have the highest suicide rates in the U.S. There are many reasons for this, says Mary Gagnon, director of suicide prevention at NAMI Maine, a mental health nonprofit. Among them are loss, sickness and the perception of being a burden to others. Access to weapons also plays a part. Weaving through all this is social isolation, which claims plenty of men once they stop working or after a spouse dies.

But Gagnon says there is hope on that score. “The enemy of suicide is connection,” she says. (Read More)