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Mira McManus
I am a junior majoring in NB&B and Biology. I’m from the greater Boston area. I’m interested in studying medicine and I pursue this through my work as an EMT and through volunteering at the Community Health Center. In my free time, I rock climb and knit.
Abstract: This research examines the relationship between cancer diagnosis and suicidal behavior. The general consensus in current research is that a current cancer diagnosis is a substantial risk factor for suicide and suicidal behavior, although there is conflicting data on the role that a past cancer diagnosis plays on mental health. This study examines this relationship with data from the NSDUH 2024 dataset and looks at the relationship between cancer history and suicidal behavior. Additionally it looks at how age, sex, marital status and insurance status control this relationship. With age held constant, current cancer patients and cancer survivors are both at higher risk of suicidal behavior than the general population. This relationship is especially severe for uninsured cancer patients, who have 35.5 times the odds of suicidal behavior than an uninsured healthy person.
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