+ Child and Adolescent Suicide Deaths in New Mexico, 1990-1994
- Author:
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Werenko, D.D. / Olson, L.M. / Fullerton-Gleason, L. / Lynch, A.W. / Zumwalt, R.E / Sklar, D.P.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ethnicity, Gender, Ownership, State, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Depression, Firearms, PREVENTION, Suicide, minorities
Using data from all medical examiner autopsies for adolescent suicides (ages 20 years and younger) in New Mexico from 1990-1994, the authors identified 184 suicide deaths of children and adolescents ages...
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+ Older Women and Mercy Killing
- Author:
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Canetto, S.S. / Hollenshead, J.D.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Omega: Journal of Death and Dying
- Topics:
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Gender, Homicide, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Euthanasia, Firearms, mercy killing, terminal illness
The authors examine cases of mercy killing in the U.S. recorded by The Hemlock Society between 1960 and 1993. A total of 112 persons were the target of mercy killing within that time frame, out of which...
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+ Firearms and Suicide: the American Experience, 1926-1996
- Author:
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Cutright, P. / Fernquist, R.M.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Death Studies
- Topics:
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Gender, Gun Carrying, Suicide, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Access to firearms, Suicide, male and female suicide rates
Using all-ages mortality data from the CDC, the U.S. Bureau of the Census and other data sources spanning 1926 to 1996, the authors show that American male suicide rates are higher than the rates for...
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+ Hospitalization for Suicide Attempt and Completed Suicide: Epidemiologic Features in a Managed Care Population
- Author:
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Iribarren, C. / Sidney, S. / Jacobs Jr., D.R., / Weisner, C.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
- Topics:
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Gender, Medical, Public Health, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Completed suicide, Firearms, Psychotropic Drugs, Risk Factors, hospitalization, suicide attempts
The authors examine the predictors of attempted suicide and completed suicide using data from a large managed care organization in northern California. Of a total of 158, 215 clients of the managed care...
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