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Cosmo B. Lawrence, Kansas

I'm just an average guy who like a lot of folks has had some dealings with depression in my life.... More

Wesley J. Smith San Francisco, California

Award winning author Wesley J. Smith is a Senior Fellow in Human Rights and Bioethics at the... More

American Association of Suicidology Washington, District of Columbia

The goal of the American Association of Suicidology (AAS) is to understand and prevent suicide.

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A Lifetime of Suicidal Thoughts by Kate McLaughlin. Patient Expert

People's HealthBlogger Awards 2008 - Best 100 Winner!

Suicide.Hear the word. Hear the comments.They’re almost au ...

Suicidal thoughts by Katherine B. Patient Expert

... k they would be “better off dead” or to contemplate suicide than the rest of the population - a Cancer Research UK s ...

Coroner’s Suicide Thought Piece by Dr. Richard Keller Medical Doctor

... 6 people are touched by or are close to someone who has died by suicide or will die by suicide. That is a huge number. As they s ...

Suicide by Lizzie L. Healthy Living Professional

Suicide, ick-don’t like to talk about it. But, something g ...

Suicide by Nancie .. Patient Expert

... sorder become suicidal. Anyone who is thinking about committing suicide needs immediate attention, preferably from a mental heal ...

Suicide by Butterfly Patient Expert

I have to talk it out. This can't exactly be the life I'm gonna have for the next how many years. See days like today are when ...

Suicide by Taxingwoman Patient Expert

... avoid naps because I know sure enough my thoughts will drift to suicide. And how many times have I been half awake in bed, my w ...

Alcohol and Suicide by Jason Schwartz, LMSW Healthy Living Professional

N.Y.T. article on the relationship between alcohol and suicide. It is interesting to note the suicide rate in the milit ...

Suicide is not chosen by Dr. Richard Keller Medical Doctor

Truism/quote from the final page of the 2007 Illinois Suicide Prevention Strategic Plan“Suicide is not chosen; i ...

Suicide not in the media by Dr. Richard Keller Medical Doctor

While I remain doubtful that suicide “contagion” exists or is a significant probl ...

Web Resources

Suicide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Suicide (Latin suicidium, from sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the intentional killing of one's self. Many dictionaries also note the metaphorical sense of ...

Suicide: MedlinePlus
Suicide is the eleventh most common cause of death in the United States. People may consider suicide when they are hopeless and can't see any other solution ...

CDC - Injury - Violence Prevention - Suicide Prevention - Home
Understanding Suicide [PDF 352 KB] This fact sheet provides a basic overview of suicide. It is intended for the general public. ...

NIMH · Suicide in the U.S.: Statistics and Prevention
A fact sheet of statistics on suicide with information on treatments and suicide prevention.

WHO | Suicide
Suicide is the act of deliberately killing oneself. Risk factors for suicide include mental disorder (such as depression, personality disorder, ...

NIMH · Suicide Prevention
Suicide in the U.S.: Statistics and Prevention — a brief overview of suicide ... Evidence-Based Prevention is Goal of Largest Ever Study of Suicide in the ...

FASTSTATS - Suicide and Self-Inflicted Injury
May 15, 2009 ... Suicide and Self-Inflicted Injury. (Data are for the U.S.). Health care use. Number of emergency department visits for self-inflicted ...

WHO | Suicide prevention (SUPRE)
Every year, almost one million people die from suicide; a "global" mortality rate of 16 per 100000, or one death every 40 seconds. ...

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Suicide Risk Could be Linked to Moving... A new study finds the more a child moves to new...		Teen Suicide Teen Suicide

Staying Up Late Can Lead to Teen Depression Teens who don't have a bedtime are more likely to be...		Depression Diagnosises Have Gone Down The number of children and adults diagnosed with...

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Depression - Suicide Prevention: There is More to Do
Sep 2, 2009 ... World Suicide Prevention Day is held on September 10th each year and coincides with National Suicide Prevention Week.

After a Suicide - The Body
Recently a close gay male friend committed suicide. He was HIV-positive for almost 10 years and on medication. Everyone I have spoken to about his death ...

Suicide and suicidal behavior
Nov 15, 2006 ... Suicide is the act of deliberately taking one's own life. Suicidal behavior is any deliberate action with potentially life-threatening ...

HealthScout-Consumer Health News, Information and Resources ...
Oct 21, 2008 ... TUESDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) -- The suicide rate in the United States is increasing for the first time in a decade, particularly among ...

Why Suicide Rates Are Higher than Homicide Rates
Dr. Insel explains the strong correlation between suicide and mental illness, highlighting the specific diseases in which suicide is most common.

HealthScout-Consumer Health News, Information and Resources ...
Aug 12, 2009 ... A review of 372 trials involving nearly 100000 people who took antidepressants showed that the drugs increase the risk for suicide in people ...

Depression - Suicide Rates and the Holidays
Jan 7, 2009 ... Conventional wisdom is that there are more suicides during the holidays than at other times. I'd like to explore two questions.

HealthScout-Consumer Health News, Information and Resources ...
Oct 22, 2008 ... Between 1999 and 2005, the overall suicide rate rose less than 1 ... The rates of suicide by hanging or suffocation increased among men and ...

News

Was 'The Office''s suicide joke over the line?
by Margaret Lyons The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention issued a press release this week criticizing The Office for its “graphic depiction of the ...

Clark forum on veteran suicide timely amid Fort Hood tragedy
Guest speaker for the latest in Clark's “Mental Health Mondays” series — open and free to all — is Robert Tell, licensed social worker and suicide ...

Was census worker's death really a suicide?
His family have said the death must have been murder, but an unnamed source is telling the AP that authorities are leaning more towards the suicide theory. ...

Friends, students try to make sense of Pataskala murder-suicide
BY JESSIE BALMERT • Advocate Reporter • November 7, 2009 NEWARK -- Those who knew John Eckard are left to reconcile two memories -- one of the doting ...