March 06

An Information Resource On Suicide Prevention. NIMH, USA

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NIMH : suicide prevention
This information resource on suicide prevention is produced by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Detailed statistical information is provided on suicide in the United States, a description of how some mental illnesses increase the risk of suicide, and further information. There are resources for healthcare professionals, researchers, and the general public and also recommendations for the media when reporting on suicide. Further information on clinical trials, NIMH funding opportunities, and news items are provided. There are also links to a selection of featured publications (available in full-text). From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/suicide-prevention/
November 11

Mid-Life Suicide In USA

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Mid-Life Suicide: An Increasing Problem in U.S. Whites, 1999 –2005 (PDF; 678 KB)
Source: American Journal of Preventive Medicine

The suicide rate increased after 1999, due primarily to an increase in suicide among whites aged 40 – 64 years, whose rate of completed suicide between 1999 and 2005 rose by 2.7% annually for men and by 3.9% annually for women, with increases of 6.3% and 2.3% for hanging/suffocation, 2.8% and 19.3% for poisoning, and 1.5% and 1.9% for ?rearms for men and women, respectively. Rates did not increase for other age or racial groups.

The differential increases by age, race, gender, and method underscore a change in the epidemiology of suicide. Whites aged 40 – 64 years have recently emerged as a new high-risk group for suicide. Although ?rearms remain the most common method of suicide, the notable increases in suicide by hanging/suffocation in men and by poisoning in women deserve preventive attention.

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September 29

Ethics In Suicide Research, A Video

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Ethics in suicide research
This video, hosted by the US-based Research Channel, considers the ethical issues surrounding the use of suicidal participants in clinical research, particularly where participants might be denied treatment as a result of their inclusion in a control condition. The video is taken from the Allen L. Edwards Psychology Lectures series. It features the speakers Steve Buck and Marsha Linehan. It is 57 minutes in length and may be streamed in Windows Media format or Apple Quicktime format. The video is also available as MP4 and the audio may be downloaded seperately in MP3 format. It should be useful for researchers, students and teachers. Intute.ac.uk
http://www.researchchannel.org/prog/displayevent.aspx?rID=16248&fID=4139
August 30

Suicide Prevention

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NIMH: Suicide Prevention

From the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) U.S.A.

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March 07

U.S. Universities' Policy & Response To Student Suicide & Parasuicide.

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University Policy and Procedural Responses to Students at Risk of Suicide
Source: Yale Law School Student Scholarship Series (More)
May 08

Murder-Suicide--United States

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American Roulette: Murder-Suicide in the United States (PDF; 276 KB)
Source: Violence Policy Center
http://www.vpc.org/studies/amroul2006.pdf


From press release: "More than 10 murder-suicides, almost all by gun, occur each week in the United States, according to American Roulette: Murder-Suicide in the United States, a new study by the Violence Policy Center (VPC). The study used a national news clipping service and Internet survey tools to collect incidents nationwide from January 1, 2005, through June 30, 2005, and is one of the largest and most comprehensive studies ever conducted on murder-suicide. During this six-month period, at least 591 Americans died in 264 murder-suicides, and almost all murder-suicides (92 percent) involved a firearm. Using these figures, the VPC estimates that nearly 1,200 Americans die each year in murder-suicides."