Suicides Most Common On Wednesdays, Study Finds

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Nearly one-quarter of suicides in the U.S. occur on Wednesdays, about twice as many as almost every other day of the week, a new study has found.

The study, published in the journal Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, contradicts earlier findings that suicides are more common on Mondays and left experts puzzling over what may be behind Wednesday's grim distinction.

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Suicides Most Common On Wednesdays, Study Finds

Is it something about the middle of the week? Job stresses piling up and potentially overwhelming people who already see their problems as insurmountable?

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