Elderly top risk group for suicide
13 Oct 2005 - A high New Zealand suicide rate among the elderly is being overlooked because they are expected to die anyway, experts say. Suicide among elderly men - 39.1 deaths per 100,000 - is a serious concern for health authorities as the population ages. Rates of suicide attempts among elderly women are also high.
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In Oregon, where assisted suicide is legal, the elder suicide rate tops the national average
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Study links teen sex to teen suicide |
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29 Sept 2005 - While 14 percent of girls who have had intercourse have attempted suicide, only 5 percent of sexually inactive girls have. And whereas 6 percent of sexually active boys have tried suicide, less than 1 percent of sexually inactive boys have. The report challenges the previously held notion that teens become sexually active in order to self-medicate their own depression. Read more |
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Bizarre suicide tale on video |
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17 Aug. 2005 - Joe Korp, facing a murder charge after the death of his wife following her feeding tube being removed, made a video with the help of his brother five days before he killed himself. Read more
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Suicide blights China's women
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26 July 2005 - Suicide is the number one cause of death among people aged 20 to 35 in China, where an estimated quarter of a million people a year - or 685 a day - take their lives, state media said yesterday. Each year an additional 2.5 million to 3.5 million Chinese unsuccessfully attempt suicide, which stood as the fifth major cause of death among China's 1.3 billion people, the China Daily said. Unlike almost everywhere else in the world, more women than men commit suicide in China. Read more
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Prison-cell suicides rise
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16 July 2005 - Thirteen people in Police and Corrections custody took their lives in 2004 ? five more than the previous year and a sign of a trend as prisons become crowded and resources stretched. Staffan Heed, an expert in the care of those in custody, says research shows the rate of suicides in custody is up to nine times higher than in the community, and at least 20% of all those in custody are suicidal. Read more
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FDA Warns About Antidepressants, Suicide
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01 July 2005 - The US Food and Drug Administration issued a second public warning Friday that adults who use antidepressants should be closely monitored for warning signs of suicide, especially when they first start the pills or change a dose. Citing studies, FDA issued a new public health advisory reminding doctors and patients to watch closely for suicidal thinking or worsening depression and seek medical care if it happens. Read more
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Suicide attacks condemned
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23 May 2005 - In Pakistan, 58 Muslim clerics from various schools issued a fatwa which decreed that suicide attacks violated Islamic teachings and were not an instrument for jihad. "Anyone who takes part in a suicide attack thinking that he or she had God's blessings will not be considered Muslim." 
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Yellow Ribbon Trust to Closedown
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11 February 05 - The anti-suicide Yellow Ribbon Trust is to close down because it cannot continue without government support. Due to Government pressure, the Trust severed it's links with the fundraising boxing event Fight for Life in 2003, but could not find enough money from other sources to cover its costs.
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Websites Spark Copycat Suicides
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Japan has been hit by a series of suicide pacts formed on suicide chatrooms.
A staggering 45 people committed suicide in groups after meeting online between January 2003 and June 2004, according to Japan's police force. Suicide pacts have been made over the Internet since the late 1990s, and have been reported worldwide from Guam to the Netherlands. Experts say they tend to occur in cycles, with news of group suicides sparking copycat incidents, which are discussed on websites. www.prestontoday.net/ViewArticle
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