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Intro -- Iraq Is Torn Apart by Unprecedented Numbers of Suicide Bombers -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Global Suicide Trends -- 1. Global Suicide Rates: An Overview Organisation for Economic Co-operationand Development -- 2. South Korea Is Plagued by the Highest Suicide Rate in the Industrialized World -- 3. Egypt Is Alarmed by Its Rising Suicide Rate -- 4. Japan's Youth Suicide Rate Is Fueled by Internet Suicide Pacts -- 5. Japan Is Falsely Stereotyped as the "Suicide Nation" -- 6. Australia's Suicide Rate Is Higher than Initially Reported -- 7. China's Female Suicide Crisis Is Waning -- 8. India Is Experiencing an Epidemic of Farmer Suicides -- 9. Canada Is Plagued by Aboriginal Youth Suicides -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Policies to Address Suicide -- 1. The European Union Formulates a Plan to Address Its Suicide Problem -- 2. African Development and Poverty Programs Must Improve Mental Health Services -- 3. A Chinese Company Acts to Address a Rash of Suicides -- 4. Canada Considers a Mental Health Plan to Reduce Its Suicide Rate -- 5. South Africa Should Craft a National Menta Health Strategy to Decrease Teen Suicides -- 6. Britain Should Legalize Assisted Suicide -- 7. Britain Should Resist Calls to Legalize Assisted Suicide -- Chapter 3: Political, Social, and Economic Factors Contributing to Suicide -- 1. Afghan Women Are Killing Themselves at a High Rate -- 2. Tajikistan's Economic Crisis Leads to Higher Suicide Rate -- 3. Tajik Women Have a High Suicide Rate Because of Domestic Violence -- 4. A French Company Is Plagued by a Spate of Suicides -- 5. A Chinese Company Reports a Rash of Suicides -- 6. America Is Experiencing a Rash of Gay Teen Suicides -- 7. Indonesia's Poor Are Committing Suicide

Adolescent and young adult suicide -- Why grade 'A' execs get an 'F' as parents / Brian O'Reilly -- Jerry's choice : why are our children killing themselves? / Nancy Wartik -- Verbal and physical abuse as stressors in the lives of lesbian, gay male, and bisexual youths / Ritch C. Savin-WIlliams -- Kurt Cobain 1967-1994 / Anthony DeCurtis -- Nancy Cruzan and the "right to die" -- Love and let die / Nancy Gibbs -- Last rights / Katrine Ames -- Dead complicated / Elisabeth Rosenthal -- Dr. Kevorkian and assisted suicide -- Death news / Anne Fadiman -- Rx for death / Nancy Gibbs -- The Oregon Trail to death / Courtney S. Campbell -- Death with dignity / William McCord -- Kevorkian's critics -- Death on trial / Joseph Shapiro -- Planning to die / Jeanne Guillemin -- Coming soon : your neighborhood T.S.C. / Peter J. Bernardi -- The suicide machine / Norman K. Denzin

Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Under My Mask -- A Deadly Impulse -- Causes of Suicide -- Signs, Symptoms, and Getting Help -- Helping Others in Need -- Healing From Suicidal Thoughts -- A Second Chance -- Glossary -- Index -- Back Cover.

Double suicide and homicide-suicide are infrequent and are different in psychopathology from that of a single suicide. However, precipitating factors for double suicide and homicide-suicide are similar to these found in single suicide. Depression, borderline disturbances, and narcissistic neuroses in combination with stressors such as physical illness, isolation, and social losses can lead to homicide-suicide: Epidemiological studies indicate that double suicide and homicide-suicide are influenced by ethnicity and cultural and social background. This study explores the situation in Switzerland between 1928-48 and 1971-1990.

Summary: Objective: In emergency medicine, suicides and attempted suicides represent a major challenge for emergency physicians (EPs) and paramedics, both in terms of psychiatric and somatic treatment. To date no investigations have been performed to determine prevalence rates, method of suicide or attempted suicide, and the problems faced by EPs when treating these patients. This investigation presents a first evaluation of the complete emergency protocols from a major German city focusing on suicide and parasuicide. Methods: A retrospective analysis of all EP protocols from 1995 in the city of Hamburg was performed. All protocols were evaluated with respect to suicide parasuicide and suicidal ideation. Demographic data and information on method of suicide or attempted suicide, severity of illness, and underlying psychiatric disorder were extracted from the protocols. Results: A total of 26,347 emergency protocols were evaluated. Suicide and attempted suicide were considered either certain, probable, or possible in 743 cases (2.8%). Suicide was committed in 171 cases and attempted were made by 572 individuals. More men committed suicide in all age groups. By far the highest number of suicide attempts were by young men between 18 and 39 years of age. Hanging was the most commonly used method of completed suicide (41%), followed by jumping from a height (21%). The methods of intoxication with medication (54%) and illegal drugs (17%) clearly prevailed in suicide attempts. Documentation of suicides and attempted suicides was revealed to be unsatisfactory. Underlying psychiatric disorders were scarcely recorded. Conclusion: In emergency medicine, the incidence of suicide or the attempt to commit suicide is small, yet disturbing. The frequency assessed may be too low as result of methodology. There is a need to improve the education of emergency physicians and paramedics in this area, and there is a need for data to be collected in a prospective design.

'Journalists and media practitioners worldwide should read this significant book on suicide. Ann Luce draws on an insightful media analysis of the tragic 2008 deaths by suicide at Bridgend in South Wales, and on her own journalistic practice, to explore the social, cultural and ethical dimensions of this continuing global health issue. This important work is a timely reminder of the responsibilities of the media in health reporting and communication. - Emeritus Professor R. Warwick Blood, University of Canberra, Australia. 'The Bridgend Suicides offers a compelling account of how local press reporting of a succession of suicides by children and young people in Bridgend in 2008, created a feeding frenzy in national and international news media. Ann Luce, a journalist turned academic, offers a meticulously detailed, rare and extremely valuable case study of journalists' framing of suicide, newspapers' sensationalist coverage, and how both militate against public understanding of this significant issue for health and social policy. Written with compassion and academic rigour, The Bridgend Suicides is an important book for students, scholars and lay readers alike. Its contribution to the literatures of Journalism and Media Studies is substantial. It risks becoming a classic text; and deservedly so. - Professor Bob Franklin, The Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Wales. This in depth analysis looks at how suicide was represented in the British press when 20 young people between the ages of 15 and 29 took their own lives in the South Wales Borough of Bridgend in 2008. The chapters highlight specific categories of description that journalists use to explain suicide to their readers. The study also examines the discourses that emerged around suicide that continue to perpetuate stigma and shame when suicide occurs today. Using her own experience of having lost a loved one to suicide, coupled with original research, the author gives a very frank explanation of why suicide is not accepted in society today.