Leo Sher, M.D. April 27, 2010. On Monday, April 26, shortly before 8 am, Vajinder Toor, M.D., 34, a postdoctoral trainee at the Yale Medical School Fellowship Training Program in Infectious Diseases, was gunned down by Lishan Wang, M.D., 44, while walking in the parking lot towards his car at Meadows Condominiums in Branford, Connecticut, […]
Kalmár Sándor County Hospital, Kecskemét, Hungary Internet and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 452 pages. The author examines the contents and applicability of results of Internet searches by using the keywords ’öngyilkosság’ (suicide) and ’öngyilkosság megelozése’ (suicide prevention) in Hungary. In spite of some difficulties and many controversial problems, such as fearful, […]
Paul Quinnett, Aaron Baker QPR Institute, Spokane, Washington, USA Internet and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 452 pages. Suicide remains a significant public health problem in the United States, and across the world. Suicide prevention gatekeeper training in the recognition and referral of potentially suicidal persons has been found to be a […]
Deborah M. Stone(1), Catherine W. Barber(1), Marc Posner(2) (1)Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard Injury Control Research Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA and (2)Education Development Center, Inc. Newton, Massachusetts, USA Internet and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 452 pages. Suicide is a serious public health problem and training in suicide prevention has lagged […]
Maurizio Pompili(1,2), David Lester(3), Marco Innamorati(4), Alberto Forte(1), Giulia Iacorossi(1), Giovanni Dominici(1), Laura Sapienza(1), Roberto Tatarelli(1) (1)Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; (2)McLean Hospital – Harvard Medical School, USA; (3)The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, USA; (4)Università Europea di Roma, Italy Internet and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 452 pages. […]
Marco Sarchiapone(1), Sanja Temnik(2), Vladimir Carli(1) (1)University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy; (2) University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia Internet and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 452 pages. In this chapter, we direct our focus to the possibilities for suicide prevention, as well as the dangers for suicide promotion, through the Internet. Internet is […]
Michael Mandrusiak Adler School of Professional Psychology, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Internet and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 452 pages. The goal of this chapter is to encourage the delivery of safe and effective information about suicide prevention. The current quality of information being provided online is reviewed, along with a discussion […]
Paul W. C. Wong, King-Wa Fu and Paul S. F. Yip Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China Internet and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 452 pages. Psychological autopsy study has been used in yielding detailed and complete information on suicides. Studying the […]
King-Wa Fu(1), Paul W. C. Wong(2), Paul S. F. Yip(2) (1)Journalism and Media Studies Centre & Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China; (2)Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China Internet and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova […]
Itzhak Gilat(1,2), Yishai Tobin(1) (1)Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel; (2)The Israeli Association for Emotional First Aid, Israel Internet and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 452 pages. The present study exploited the fully documented writings of suicidal individuals who sought help from an online emotional first aid service in order […]
