Inquest verdicts: youth suicides lost

Nunavut calls inquest into record number of suicides.

Association between youth-focused firearm laws and youth suicides.

CONTEXT Firearms are used in approximately half of all youth suicides. Many state and federal laws include age-specific restrictions on the purchase, possession, or storage of firearms; however, the association between these laws and suicides among youth has not been carefully examined. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between youth-focused firearm laws and suicides among youth. DESIGN...

Completed suicides in a youth centres population.

OBJECTIVE From 1995 to 2000, 422 youths, aged 18 years and under, died as a result of suicide in Quebec. More than one-third had received services from youth centres (YCs) at some point. This study sought to characterize a sample of those youths to improve services for this at-risk population. METHOD From a retrospective study of YCs and coroner's office files, we investigated the clinical fe...

Impact of the growing use of narrative verdicts by coroners on geographic variations in suicide: analysis of coroners' inquest data.

BACKGROUND Coroners' death certificates form the basis of suicide statistics in England and Wales. Recent increases in coroners' use of narrative verdicts may affect the reliability of local and national suicide rates. METHOD We used Ministry of Justice data on inquests held between 2008 and 2009 and Local Authority suicide data (2001-02 and 2008-09) to investigate variations between coroners...

Estimating the impact of alcohol policies on youth suicides.

BACKGROUND Alcohol consumption has been identified as one of the most important risk factors for youth suicide. Previous research has shown a strong, empirical link between alcohol use and suicide. If alcohol use is a contributing factor in determining suicidal behaviors, then policies designed to reduce the alcohol consumption may succeed in reducing youth suicides as well. AIMS OF THE STUDY...