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  Suicide Loss FAQs
Suicide is completed when the psychological pain is so unbearable that death is seen as the only relief.
Suicide is a traumatic loss -- sudden, unexpected, and often violent.
Suicide grievers who have a consanguineous relationship to the victim may share neurobiological features that may increase thier risk.
members.tripod.com /~LifeGard/ssfaqs.html   (852 words)

  
 Suicide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Suicide is the most common cause of death for people with schizophrenia.
People with mood disorders are at a particularly high risk of suicide – both major depression and bipolar disorder account for 15 to 25 percent of all deaths by suicide in patients with severe mood disorders.
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for Canadians between the ages of 10 and 24.
www.ontario.cmha.ca /content/about_mental_illness/suicide.asp   (249 words)

  
 Suicide and Attempted Suicide --- China, 1990--2002
Suicide is the fifth leading cause of death overall in China and the leading cause of death in persons aged 15--34 years (1).
Among 14,771 suicide attempters treated in 24 general hospitals in northern China, females outnumbered males by 2.5 to 1 (10,492 to 4,279), the median age was 29 years (range: 10--97 years), and two thirds (9,676) of all attempters were young adults aged 15--34 years.
This report characterizes suicides and suicide attempts in China, which are marked by a high proportion of pesticide ingestion and infrequent previous treatment by mental health providers.
www.cdc.gov /mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5322a6.htm   (1447 words)

  
 The Funeral Directory - Survivors of Suicide
Suicide was the eighth leading cause of adult deaths in the United States; homicide ranked thirteenth.
An alarmingly high rate of suicide deaths was seen in young adults age 15-24 (third leading cause of death for this age group).
For every suicide death, it is estimated that an average of six family members or friends will experience the pain of grief; an estimate I believe is very low.
www.thefuneraldirectory.com /suicide_pr1.html   (2345 words)

  
 ASIST:Suicide Prevention Council of St. Joseph County and Surrounding Areas
Participants in the training learn about their own attitudes concerning suicide, how to recognize and assess the risk of suicide, how to use an effective suicide intervention model, and about available community resources.
Since suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in our country, and because it is estimated that six people are significantly impacted by each death to a suicide, a large percentage of our population has come into contact with a suicidal person at some point.
The key to suicide prevention is trained caregivers who are ready, willing and able to get involved with each individual at risk -- caregivers who can recognize individuals who are at risk and who know how to intervene to prevent the risk of suicidal thoughts becoming suicidal behaviors.
www.sjcsuicideprevention.com /asistspc.htm   (1805 words)

  
 Regis University - Colorado college with campus-based and online programs
This often depends on the suicidal person making good choices for themselves at a time when they are feeling at their worst.
Suicide was the 3rd leading cause of death among young people 15 to 24 years of age, following unintentional injuries and homicide.
The strongest risk factors for attempted suicide in adults are depression, alcohol abuse, cocaine abuse, and separation/divorce.
www.regis.edu /regis.asp?sctn=sr&p1=pc&p2=issu&p3=suic   (743 words)

  
 USCCB - Life at Risk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
It shows 27 reported cases of assisted suicide in 1999, up from 16 in 1998 (which in turn is a corrected figure, for the state reported only 15 cases last year but later found it had omitted a case that was reported late in the year).
The magazine reported a case of "botched suicide" in which a man took the prescribed lethal dose, but lingered and suffered so terribly that his wife called 911 and had him hospitalized.
Suicide prevention experts denounced the video for dispensing lethal information to a general public that includes vulnerable and depressed people.
www.usccb.org /prolife/publicat/liferisk/feb2000.htm   (1760 words)

  
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Suicide is the second leading cause of death for Maine youth aged 15-24 and the third leading cause of death for youth aged 10-14.
SuicideSuicide is defined as death from injury, poisoning, or suffocation where there is evidence (either explicit or implicit) the injury was self-inflicted and the decedent intended to kill him/herself.
Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death for youth aged 15-24, and the 3rd leading cause of death for youth aged 10-14.
www.maine.gov /suicide/docs/guidelines06.doc   (14965 words)

  
 Review, buy Suicide: The International Handbook of Suicide and Attempted Suicide, Practice Guideline for the Assessment ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The principal purpose of Suicide Science is to expand the boundaries of suicide research, by focusing on fresh approaches to the problems as well as on emerging areas of research emphasis.
Suicide among all walks of life is explored, with the author illuminating the risks among different age, race, and gender groups.
Suicide prevention is still sadly neglected by governments and public health authorities, despite the fact that in several Western countries suicide has become the primary cause of death among younger age groups.
booksall.net /suicide1   (2231 words)

  
 Behavior: Suicide Assessment, Intervention and Prevention
Suicide is the third leading cause of death among children, teens and young adults ages 10 to 24.
Because the management of suicidal patients is complex, it is highly recommended that a psychiatrist be consulted or that the patient be referred to a psychiatrist for more specialized assessment and intervention.
To reduce the rising toll of premature deaths due to suicide, and to protect family and friends from the psychological burden and pain associated with surviving the death of a loved one, the greatest needs seem to be increased awareness, recognition and response to youth and the elderly in need and in times of crisis.
www.thedoctorwillseeyounow.com /articles/behavior/suicide_13   (3934 words)

  
 Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC): Customized Information: Survivors
Suicide survivors have come together to form organizations to help themselves and others and to educate the public on suicide prevention.
Suicide Prevention Action Network USA (SPAN USA) is the nation's only suicide prevention organization dedicated to leveraging grassroots support among suicide survivors (those who have lost a loved one to suicide) and others to advance public policies that help prevent suicide.
Retrieved April 13, 2005, from http://www.afsp.org/survivor/financial/index.html This booklet was created by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Survivor Council and the National Endowment for Financial Education to help suicide survivors negotiate the short- and long-term financial consequences of the suicide of a family member.
www.sprc.org /featured_resources/customized/survivors.asp   (1737 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Suicide Survivor's Handbook: A Guide to the Bereaved and Those Who Wish to Help Them: Books: Trudy Carlson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Suicide Survivors Handbook is a much needed book in a physicians practice.
It is a very useful book for survivors of suicide and just as useful for any type of loss of a loved one.
The title may be a little misleading; though I initially read the book because of a suicide, I discovered later that it could apply to any death that a reader may be coping with.
www.amazon.com /Suicide-Survivors-Handbook-Guide-Bereaved/dp/0964244306   (1187 words)

  
 Suicide and Suicide Prevention
Suicide rates in the United Staes by age, race, and sex.
Suicide in the USA by age, gender, and race.
Suicidal ideaton and suicide attempts in people with panic disorder.
www.psycom.net /depression.central.suicide.html   (372 words)

  
 Topic Tracks - Suicide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Among the elderly, aged 85 years and older, the suicide rate is higher than for any other age group.
The international handbook of suicide and attempted suicide.
Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with suicidal behavior.
library.umsmed.edu /TopicTracks/tt-suicide.html   (282 words)

  
 New MCES Publication   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
There are about 400 suicides every year in the five southeastern Pennsylvania counties.
Suicides may not occur every day in every community, but police officers, EMTs, and mobile crisis specialists are involved in the aftermath of those that do.
Most emergency professionals are not really prepared for dealing with the people and the emotions that they encounter after a suicide.
www.mces.org /New_MCES_Publication.htm   (300 words)

  
 The Peaceful Pill Handbook | Refused-Classification.com
When we think of the tragedy of suicide, we often think of teenagers and older Australians who are ill. We think of teenagers facing the difficulties of adolescence and we mourn their suicides because of all the promise their young lives held.
Every suicide is devastating—another precious life lost—but the reality is that more than 50 per cent of people who commit suicide are between the ages of 25 and 50, and more than 80 per cent of that group are men.
However, if there is no evidence of suicide (that is, if the scene has been “cleaned up”), the doctor may be unlikely to report the death as a suicide but record it as a death from natural causes.
www.refused-classification.com /Pub_peacefulpillhandbook.htm   (16514 words)

  
 United Campus Ministry
Attempts at suicide, and suicidal thoughts are indicative that ability to cope is being overwhelmed, often as a result of some event or series of events that are traumatic or distressing.
People usually attempt suicide to block unbearable emotional pain, which is caused by a wide variety of problems and can be complicated by unendurable psychological pain or frustrated psychological needs.
Most suicidal people give warning signs in the hope that they will be rescued, because they are intent on stopping their emotional pain, not dying.
www.wnmu.edu /ministry/websuic.html   (942 words)

  
 aquarium drunkard: Ryan Adams :: The Suicide Handbook
The Suicide Handbook is said to have been originally slated as the follow-up to 2000's Heartbreaker.
The uber-sparse, acoustic, and downbeat arrangements must not have wowed Adams' new label, Lost Highway, as he shelved the sessions and moved to Los Angeles to record what would become 2001's Gold.
This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.
aquariumdrunk.blogspot.com /2006/02/ryan-adams-suicide-handbook.html   (263 words)

  
 Suicide, Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia.
Fatal Freedom: The Ethics And Politics Of Suicide by Thomas Szasz (Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, State University of New York Health Science Center, Syracuse) is a thoughtful and persuasively written defense of the individual's right to voluntarily choose the time and manner of their own death.
Of all the many books on suicide I've read through the years, this book rates highest on my list of books that are helpful in terms of the understanding it provides to survivors of suicide, including both the legacy and the different ways we process and come to terms with a s uicide.
Suicide Among the Elderly in Long-Term Care Facilities: (Contributions to the Study of Aging).
www.psycom.net /bookstore.suicide.html   (2753 words)

  
 review of International Handbook of Suicide and Attempted Suicide: University of Oxford Centre for Suicide Research
The emergence of Hawton and van Heeringen's The International Handbook of Suicide and Attempted Suicide, which is the first major Handbook in its field, thus represents a major step forward for suicidology.
This volume is a crucial source book for all professionals in psychology involved in the study and treatment of suicidal behaviors.
Suicide and attempted suicide are major public health problems and action to prevent them is of utmost urgency.
www.psychiatry.ox.ac.uk /csr/bookreview.html   (486 words)

  
 suicide
If there is a serious risk of suicide the patient should be admitted to hospital immediately, even if this means making it compulsory (see Mental Health Act).
However, because depression is involved in a large number of patients at risk of suicide, treatments such as anti-depressant medication and possibly ECT are commonly options.
Suicide or an attempted Suicide is extremely traumatic for those people close to the person involved.
easyweb.easynet.co.uk /simplepsych/suicide.html   (737 words)

  
 Are You At Risk? Helping Yourself
While the Suicide Intervention Handbook is written from the helper's point of view, the information in it will tell you something about what kind of help is available and what helping might involve.
Being alone with thoughts of suicide is one thing that is known to increase the risk of harm or death.
One of the quickest and best ways to find out if the helper has these abilities is to tell them that you are having thoughts of suicide and watch their reaction.
suicideandmentalhealthassociationinternational.org /areuatrisk.html   (359 words)

  
 American Association of Suicidology - Dedicated to the Understanding and Prevention of Suicide
There are currently almost 32,000 suicides annually in the U.S. It is estimated that for every suicide there are 6 survivors.
is designed to be a pocket-sized, quick-reference booklet for suicide survivors.
Surviving Suicide is a newsletter written by and for survivors of suicide.
www.suicidology.org /displaycommon.cfm?an=6   (280 words)

  
 A Ragged Edge Online: Managed Health Care in 2050: An Enhanced Death Benefit
Assisted suicide procedures and methods are regulated by both federal and state governments.
One incomplete suicide can leave a patient and his or her family with extremely high, long-term, health care costs.
The Patient Suicide Handbook also is loaded with other practical information about crematoria and other resources that you might be interested in.
www.raggededgemagazine.com /departments/overtheedge/000797.html   (914 words)

  
 review of International Handbook of Suicide and Attempted Suicide: University of Oxford Centre for Suicide Research
The emergence of Hawton and van Heeringen's The International Handbook of Suicide and Attempted Suicide, which is the first major Handbook in its field, thus represents a major step forward for suicidology.
This volume is a crucial source book for all professionals in psychology involved in the study and treatment of suicidal behaviors.
Suicide and attempted suicide are major public health problems and action to prevent them is of utmost urgency.
cebmh.warne.ox.ac.uk /csr/bookreview.html   (486 words)

  
 CyberSuicide: Studies
A useful point of entry to the medical literature is The International Handbook of Suicide and Attempted Suicide (New York: Wiley 2004) edited by Keith Hawton and Kees van Heeringen.
Jeffrey Watt's Suicide in Early Modern Europe page and Ron Brown's The Art of Suicide (London: Reaktion 2001), complement From Sin to Insanity: Suicide in Early Modern Europe (Ithaca: Cornell Uni Press 2004), highlighting philosophical, literary and artistic resources.
The Suicide and the Media: A Critical Review (PDF) by Warwick Blood and Jane Pirkis offers a cogent study of research into media portrayals of suicide, noting a link between reporting and suicide.
www.caslon.com.au /cybersuicidenote2.htm   (802 words)

  
 Suicide Prevention Training - On Your Watch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
"Suicide Prevention and Crisis Intervention in Jails, Train the Trainer Course" STC # 0617-018707.
This Training for Trainers course provides the tools to develop a comprehensive suicide prevention program.
The materials are adaptable to meet the varying agency needs.
www.corr.ca.gov /DivisionsBoards/CSA/SuicidePreventionTrainingOnYourWatch.html   (156 words)

  
 Professor Richard Ramsay: Personal / Professional Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Psychosocial correlates of suicidal behavior in an urban population.
Attitude antecedents as contributors to the cause of suicide.
Suicidal behaviour and attitudes toward suicide in an urban population.
www.ucalgary.ca /~ramsay/professional.htm   (1556 words)

  
 Helping people bereaved by suicide -- Hawton and Simkin 327 (7408): 177 -- BMJ
prominent where the suicide of a son or daughter has occurred.
suicide include the age of the deceased, the quality of the
An exploratory study of the effect of coroners' procedures on those bereaved by suicide.
bmj.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/327/7408/177   (1005 words)

  
 LivingWorks Education Inc. - Store   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Among the authors are the designers of the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)—the most widely used training vehicle on suicide intervention in the world.
The Handbook is ideal for a wide range of education opportunities—from general courses and seminars on helping practices to focused content on suicide intervention in technical training forums for mental health professionals.
This handbook is primarily an introduction to suicide intervention.
www.livingworks.net /LW_Str.php   (535 words)

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