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molly.garboden@rbi.co.uk More effective reporting and recording of bullying among prisoners must be implemented to reduce the number of suicides within custody, according to a report today from the prisons and [...]

Persuading troubled young men to talk about their feelings and prevent suicides requires a subtle approach. Jeremy Dunning reports on a scheme gaining plaudits on Merseyside young men and suicide [...]

When we hear of correctional officers taking their own lives, we are left to wonder, 'What could have been so bad that they had to deal with it that way?' [...]

A Soaring atrium can offer delight and inspiration. Atria are sustainable; they promote air circulation and allow natural light to filter through many floors. They encourage informal gatherings and connections [...]

In 1999, the Surgeon General of the United States issued a call to action to prevent suicide, drawing attention to this serious public health problem and proposing a national strategy [...]

The news last month was tragic: Robin Williams has died of an apparent suicide at 63 years old. I saw the news and felt overwhelmingly sad. Really? He was a [...]

A COMBINATION OF mental pain and hopelessness predicts suicidal thoughts but not necessarily the decision to act on them, researchers have found. 'It's important to intervene early,' says psychologist David [...]

Q Is it true that people with anemia have a higher-than-normal risk for memory loss? A New research conducted in Germany suggests that this may be so. A large five-year [...]

Burdened with a suicide rate nine times the Canadian average, Inuit leaders, heartsick at the prospect of losing more young people, are creating their own suicide-prevention strategy for Inuit people [...]

The evening Junior Kopak finished a two-day workshop on suicide-prevention for Inuit youth in Ottawa, Ontario, he saved his first life. It was a Thursday in March 2012. A friend [...]

Sometimes it just takes a willingness to ask tough questions: 'Are you suicidal? How would you kill yourself? Do you have the means? Have you attempted suicide in the past?' [...]

After an epidemic rise in Australian young male suicide rates from the 1970s to 1990s, the period following the implementation of the original National Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy (NYSPS) in [...]

Thirty years after turning the international spotlight on suicide, Canada still doesn't have a national strategy for suicide prevention. More than one million people around the world die by suicide [...]

After three Massachusetts Institute of Technology first-years committed suicide, fellow student Isabel 'Izzy' Lloyd noted the need to do something 'before tragedy strikes.' Her solution? A wristband to visibly catalyze [...]

The Family Guide for Youth Suicide Prevention gives advice on how to have a conversation with a young person who may be at risk, what factors place young people at [...]

One Life suicide prevention project: In 2012, YACWA was funded by the One Life suicide prevention strategy to consult and develop a plan for the community to tackle the task [...]

YACSA has submitted a written response to SA Health's Draft Suicide Prevention Strategy. We called for any suicide prevention programs or services to take into account the particular circumstances that [...]

FROM THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SUICIDOLOGY ORLANDO -- A new Web-based toolkit provides guidance and information for primary care physicians in the screening, management, and referral [...]

The Department of Veterans Affairs has begun operating a toll-free national suicide prevention hotline for veterans that is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The hotline will [...]

Is it possible to identify suicide-prone teens before they attempt to end their lives? Supporters of TeenScreen think so. More than 150,000 U.S. children and adolescents have taken this psychological [...]

BALTIMORE -- Suicide is the second-leading cause of death on college campuses, and academic advisers and professors should be trained to look out for the early warning signs of depression, [...]

MIAMI -- Transforming grief into action after the suicide of a loved one can be empowering, according to a panel presentation at the annual conference of the American Association of [...]

More and better research, improved monitoring, and enhanced tools and training for primary care physicians are the keys to reducing the 30,000 suicides that occur annually in the United States, [...]