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View ArticleAssisted-suicide laws’ contagious effects
The debate over doctor-assisted suicide is often framed as an issue of personal autonomy and privacy. Proponents argue that assisted suicide should be legalized because it affects only those...
View ArticleRobin Williams tweet by Hollywood Academy 'may glorify suicide'
Scene from Aladdin with caption 'Genie, you're free' could encourage people to see suicide as an option, say campaigners...
View ArticleSuicidal tendencies should be viewed as an illness
Each year, thousands of American adults commit suicide — 39,518 in 2011, the most recent year for which data are available. But it took one suicide, that of actor/comedian Robin Williams, to focus...
View ArticleNew HSE treatment programme aims to reduce suicide rates and self-harming
A new self-harm treatment programme which is being adopted by the HSE could help reduce suicide rates and emergency hospital visits by half, according to an expert in the field. US based psychologist...
View ArticleNew HSE treatment programme aims to reduce suicide rates
A new self-harm treatment programme which is being adopted by the HSE could help reduce suicide rates and emergency hospital visits by half, according to an expert in the field. US based psychologist...
View ArticleNew HSE programme aims to reduce suicide rates
A new self-harm treatment programme which is being adopted by the HSE could help reduce suicide rates and emergency hospital visits by half, according to an expert in the field. US based psychologist...
View ArticleRobin Williams death: How should the media report a suicide?
The death of US actor and comedian Robin Williams has prompted a debate about the way suicide is reported in the media. Following Williams' death on Monday, Samaritans emailed national newspapers...
View ArticleMale suicide rate in UK discovered to be 3½ times that of women
Samaritans says men at greatest risk in 40-44 age bracket as Office for National Statistics reports 4,590 male suicides in 2012...
View ArticleThe readers' editor on… Kurt Cobain and celebrity suicides
The media need to tread very carefully when talking about suicide, particularly celebrity suicide...
View ArticleYouth suicide rate drops, but elderly rate rises
New Zealand's youth suicide rate has dropped but suicides among the elderly are rising as old people are increasingly isolated from their families. Provisional figures released today by Chief Coroner...
View ArticleInmate suicide figures expose human toll of prison crisis
• Data obtained by Guardian reveals more than six prison suicides a month...
View ArticleIn suicide and self-harm prevention, we can do better
EDITORIAL We are spending more on suicide prevention than ever before yet suicide rates are their highest in more than a decade. Why? We mourn each and every life lost in this devastating way, but the...
View ArticleNew satellite centre to review suicide and self harm strategies (Swansea...
(Source: Swansea University) Swansea University clinical academics has today (11 November 2014) established a new satellite centre which will gather, evaluate and distribute reviews on the effects of...
View ArticleHong Kong developers keen to launch projects as government targets 83,000 new...
Hong Kong developers are gearing up to launch new developments for sale as the government's projections for a record supply of private homes over the next three to four years are likely to cap price...
View ArticleHong Kong suicide centre advocates taking to social media to reach out to...
Last week, about 800 suicide prevention experts from around the world gathered in Montreal for the 28th World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention, sponsored by the World...
View ArticleClinical psychologist urges troubled families to seek help after two...
The head clinical psychologist at the Social Welfare Department has raised concerns that two recent family tragedies that left two children dead and another brain damaged could trigger copycat...
View ArticleHong Kong teacher forced to abandon Everest expedition over 'harsh weather'
A Hong Kong teacher was forced off Mount Everest by unstable weather after 21 days of climbing, as many other expeditions abandoned camp before reaching the world’s highest peak. Ada Tsang Yin-hung,...
View ArticleChinese University of Hong Kong steps up efforts to help students following...
The Chinese University is to step up its counselling service under emergency measures worked out after the institution lost another of its students to suicide over the weekend. A psychiatrist will be...
View ArticleOur Policy in Preventing Suicide Should Be "If In Doubt, Check It Out"
Almost every day we are confronted by what seem to be senseless acts of violence, people hurting themselves or someone else, a person very close to them, a group of strangers; it doesn't seem to...
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