Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Mental disorders (including depression, bipolar disorder, autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia, personality disorders, anxiety disorders), physical disorders (such as chronic fatigue syndrome) and substance abuse (including alcoholism and the use of and withdrawal from benzodiazepines) are risk factors. Some suicides are impulsive acts due to stress (such as from financial or academic difficulties), relationship problems (such as breakups or deaths of close ones), or harassment/bullying. Those who have previously attempted suicide are at a higher risk for future attempts. Effective suicide prevention efforts include limiting access to methods of suicide—such as …
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FPRI: Foreign Policy Research Institute · 14 November 2024 English
Key Findings The U.S. Army struggled to build capable host-nation security forces in Iraq and Afghanistan because it did not give those security force assistance (SFA) missions the priority and …
serving as an advisor was viewed as “career suicide.”23 As late as 2005, an official chronicle notes …
WHO: World Health Organization · 12 November 2024 English
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Exdusaon . English only . Self-inflicted violence (suicide attem1>ls) . All countries indudino not nalioni … 70-74, 75-79, 80- 84, 85 years and older. 3.4.2 Suicide mortality rate • Data is nationally representative …
CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 12 November 2024 English
The U.S. election result and Yahya Sinwar’s death are markers that the contemporary national movement is moribund.
were never commensurate with that goal. Whether suicide bombings during the 1990s and early 2000s, rocket …
IADB: Inter-American Development Bank · 12 November 2024 English
Although many web-based non-probabilistic surveys are the only source of data on gender and sexual diversity in many countries, there is little evidence of their accuracy in characterizing LGBTI people. …
a higher incidence of mental health issues and suicide attempts (Badgett et al., 2024; NASEM, 2020). … Smith, G. A., Bridge, J. A., & Zhu, M. (2021). Suicide attempts in association with traditional and electronic … Marcotte, D. E., & Hansen, B. (2024). The re‐emerging suicide crisis in the US: Patterns, causes and solutions … to the question: Have you ever thought about suicide? is “Yes” and 0 if the response is “No”. Suicidal … response to the question: Have you ever attempted suicide? is “Yes”, and 0 if the response is “No”. If …
World Bank Group · 10 November 2024 English
Bangladesh is warming at an alarming rate, the maximum temperature increased by 1.1°C between 1980 and 2023. At the same time, the heat index, or feels like temperature (which combines …
temperature for external causes like homicide, suicide, drowning, unintentional injuries, and so on (Burkart …
WHO: World Health Organization · 8 November 2024 French
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huit vit avec un problème de santé mentale et le suicide cause 700 000 décès par an. Pourtant, seule une …
Cato Institute · 7 November 2024 English
My colleagues and I have spent much time addressing the arguments raised by those who favor further restricting legal immigration to the United States. Our research on terrorism, crime, economic, …
from 1990s California. Yes, the GOP committed suicide there by embracing nativism— but the lesson did …
NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 7 November 2024 English
This paper documents persistence in the power of elite families in Central China despite dynastic change. We study the impact of the fall of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) on couples …
thousands were butchered and many officials committed suicide rather than surrender to the Manchu conquerors …
World Bank Group · 7 November 2024 English
A manifestation of climate change, temperature increases in Bangladesh are increasing at an alarming rate, with frequent bouts of extreme heat events. In 43 years, between 1980 and 2023, maximum …
temperature for external causes like homicide, suicide, drowning, unintentional injuries, and so on (Burkart …
RAND Corporation · 6 November 2024 English
sexual assault, harassment, domestic abuse, child abuse and neglect, intimate partner abuse, and suicide. The U.S. Department of Defense is hiring roughly 2,000 Integrated Primary Prevention personnel to …
harm themselves through attempting or dying by suicide. This range of harmful behaviors can affect service … variety of harmful behaviors (e.g., sexual assault, suicide) and for commanders and other senior-level military … harm themselves through attempting or dying by suicide.1 These harmful behaviors can have detrimental … variety of harmful behaviors (e.g., sexual assault, suicide) • future studies of IPPW impact. 5 Maryon … harm themselves through attempting or dying by suicide. The U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) epidemiological …