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Evidence shows that outright bans save lives.
There were 6,566 more suicides in the 2008-09 period that were a direct consequence of the rapid decline of equity values.
The story highlights complex barriers to support after a sudden death or suicide.
Suicide rates among UK students have increased by 56% in the last 10 years
Around 140 Australian nursing-home residents have taken their own lives between 2000 and 2013, our new study shows.
Residents may be right to fear for their lives.
Did the government-funded gun buybacks introduced after the Port Arthur massacre have “no effect” in reducing gun deaths in Australia, as an audience member claimed on Q&A? Let’s look at the evidence.
From hospital waiting lists to suicide rates, here’s how cuts affected health in Ireland and Greece.
The clinical committee reviewing obstetrics services for the federal government’s Medicare review said suicide is one of the leading causes of maternal death in Australia. Is that true?
Regardless of whether the suicide rate went down, it is far too blunt an instrument to measure the potential distress same-sex marriage debates cause for those in the LGBTI community.
Each suicide has a social, economic and cultural context. And unless these factors are considered alongside psychiatric care, steadily increasing suicide rates will not be curbed.
A few high-profile cases of jail inmates who committed suicide reveal only a fraction of the problem. NYU expert digs into why jail suicides may be on the rise – again.
The Australian Christian Lobby’s Lyle Shelton said he was concerned about body modification, gender reassignment surgery and future suicide risk. We check the research.
Learning about a friend’s suicide attempt appears to transform a distant idea into something very real. Should this change the way we talk about suicide?
The most recent Australian suicide statistics from 2013 show that, out of the whole population, men aged 85 years and over have the highest suicide rates. While the attention these figures have garnered…
South Korean students have consistently been at the top of global standardized tests. But the high grades have come at a tremendous cost.
Media reporting can not only create a perception of suicide clusters on university campuses, but it can affect the suicide rate in subtle ways.
Classrooms are places of genuine human engagement, debate, thought and passion. Guns undermine the openness and vulnerability necessary for learning.
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Assistant Professor of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, University of Chicago
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Assistant Professor of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago
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Senior Lecturer in Counselling and Psychotherapy, Edge Hill University
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Professor Applied Social and Policy Research; Director, Centre for Loneliness Studies, Sheffield Hallam University
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Research Fellow, Dementia Collaborative Research Centre, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, UNSW
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Clinical sexologist, Gender team Stockholm, Centre for Andrology and Sexual Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
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Lecturer in Mental Health, Queen's University Belfast
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Director of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research; Adjunct Professor, School of Social Science, UNSW
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Professor of Natural Sciences & Humanities Director of the MFA program in Creative Writing, Department of Philosophy, University of Wyoming
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Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Griffith University
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