Global Suicide Rate Among Youngsters Increasing Significantly

Suicide rate lower among boys in Iqaluit.

Is the Rate of Suicide Among Veterans

Suicide Among Veterans Elevated? The article by Miller et al. in this issue of the Journal raises new questions about Kaplan et al.’s findings regarding the elevated rate of suicide among America’s veterans. The original findings, which were based on data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) for 1986 to 1994 and linked to the National Death Index (NDI) for 1986 to 1997 (using 12 wei...

Increasing Prevalence of Methamphetamine Use Among Women: Implication in Suicide Attempt

Objectives: This study aimed to compare the ratio of suicide attempts between female opium and Methamphetamine (MA) users to determine the relationship between the increased prevalence of MA and suicide risk.  Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 136 drug dependent females were randomly selected from Tehran. Data gathering was performed by a demographic questionnaire and Beck Scale for Suic...

Increased rate of suicide among patients with Huntington's disease.

The proportion of deaths attributed to suicide was examined among 506 deceased individuals with diagnosed or suspected Huntington's Disease from New England USA. Comparison of this proportion with that of the general population indicated that the odds of a death being due to suicide in the Huntington's disease group is 8.2 times that of the Massachusetts population for persons aged 50 to 69 yr,...

High suicide rate among cancer patients fuels prevention discussions.

T he suicide rate in cancer patients is twice that observed in the general population in the United States, according to a new study, one of several published recently that have focused on the issue. Others have explored risk factors for suicide in this population, spurring calls for oncologists to increase their awareness of patients ’ mental health and psychosocial concerns. “These studies cl...