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'Who is responsible when 'attempted suicide' goes wrong? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
About four years ago, the British Press were full of reports about a woman, brain damaged after taking an overdose while suffering from post-natal depression, who had won £2.8m from Lancashire Ambulance NHS Trust, in the North of England.
FAIRBAIRN, G
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A perspective in epidemiology of suicide in Japan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Background/Aim. According to the information about deaths from any causes, provided by the vital statistics based on the WHO Member Countries mortality and morbidity, suicide rate in Japan has been ranking high among the causes of death.
Hishida Shigeru   +3 more
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(De-) criminalization of attempted suicide in India: A review

open access: yesIndustrial Psychiatry Journal, 2014
Attempted suicide is a serious problem requiring mental health interventions, but it continues to be treated as a criminal offence under the section 309 of Indian Penal Code.
R. Ranjan   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Beyond Robodebt: Media Representations of Welfare and Fraud Before and After the Robodebt Royal Commission

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's Robodebt scheme, an automated debt recovery program introduced in 2016, was exposed by the Robodebt Royal Commission (RC) as a serious failure of public administration and source of significant harm for thousands of Australians. Through a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of Australian news media, this study explores whether the RC'
Rebecca Coleman‐Hicks   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Methodological proposal for studying suicide as a complex phenomenon

open access: yesCadernos de Saúde Pública, 2006
The authors present a methodological proposal for studying suicide and suicide attempts from a combined socio-anthropological, epidemiological, and psychosocial perspective.
Minayo Maria Cecília de Souza   +2 more
doaj  

Comparison of polyunsaturated fatty acids in depressed patients attempted suicide with healthy controls [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The role of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) especially omega-3 has been explored in many diseases. However, the profile of PUFA in depressed patients is not established. The aim of this study was to measure the amount of DHA (
Abdi, Fatemeh.   +3 more
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Suizidprävention: Vorgehensweisen und Wirksamkeit [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
According to official statistics every year 11,000 persons in Germany die from suicide. 20 years ago nearly 19,000 suicides were registered. What are the causes for this decrease?
Althaus D   +19 more
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Dr. Hans Kohn and the political takeover of the Berlin Medical Society by the National Socialist regime in 1933

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract To solidify their power over society, totalitarian regimes will usually eliminate any dissent, any perceived threats early on. These threats include not only political enemies but also educated and independent segments of society, such as professional associations.
Michael Hortsch
wiley   +1 more source

Characteristics of Hospitalized Patients Following Suicide Attempt in Hamadan District, Iran

open access: yesOman Medical Journal, 2012
Objectives: Limited research has been undertaken on suicide in developing countries. This paper aims to investigate characteristics of suicide attempts in Hamadan district of Iran.Methods: A prospective study was conducted in all university hospitals in ...
Ali Ghaleiha   +4 more
doaj  

Suicide reporting in the Swiss print media: Frequency, form and content of articles [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
All the Swiss newspapers were screened for the target words ‘suicide' and ‘attempted suicide' and all relevant articles were analysed for form and content over a period of 8 months. In 151 out of 208 articles suiclde/attempted suicide was the major topic.
FREY, CONRAD   +3 more
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