Suicide: A Public Health Problem

Suicide: a preventable public health problem.

Suicide, suicide attempts and pesticides: a major hidden public health problem.

In addition to its specific focus on selfdirected violence, the paper by Eddleston et al. in this issue of the Bulletin highlights how intersectoral collaboration can be crucial to furthering the cause of public health.1 With nearly 900 000 deaths from suicide every year, worldwide,2 suicide takes more lives than homicides and wars combined; it is commonly acknowledged that this figure is an un...

Bullying and suicide: a public health approach.

Several recent studies have found an association between bullying and depression [1] or bullying and suicide-related behaviors [2], and one study found evidence consistent with a causal link, at least for girls [3,4]. These studies, in conjunction with extensive media coverage of the deaths by suicide of several young people who were victims of bullying, led the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Bullying and Suicide: A Public Health Approach

Several recent studies have found an association between bullying and depression [1] or bullying and suicide-related behaviors [2], and one study found evidence consistent with a causal link, at least for girls [3,4]. These studies, in conjunction with extensive media coverage of the deaths by suicide of several young people who were victims of bullying, led the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Neurocysticercosis a public health problem

Neurocysticercosis is a parasitic disease of the central nervous system that constitutes a public health problem in endemic regions. Here, we present a patient with epilepsy and cognitive impairment due to neurocysticercosis. A public health intervention could eradicate this disease in endemic regions such as Ecuador.