Naomi Judd dealing with bipolar disorder when she died by suicide, autopsy says

Medical examiner’s report confirms country star shot and killed herself in April and had been managing post-traumatic stress

Grammy-winning country musician Naomi Judd was struggling with bipolar disorder when she shot herself and died at her home in Tennessee earlier this year, according to a report released Friday by the local medical examiner, and a statement from her family added that she was dealing with post-traumatic stress, too.

Judd and her family had previously discussed in largely general terms her long battle with depression prior to her death by suicide at the end of April. But the report Friday from the Nashville medical examiner’s office, along with the statement from Judd’s relatives, offered the most complete description yet of the mental illnesses surrounding her depression.

In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is at 800-273-8255 and online chat is also available. You can also text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis text line counselor. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at www.befrienders.org

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