Sundararajan Rajagopal South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Adamson Centre for Mental Health, St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, United Kingdom Internet and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 452 pages. The phenomenon of suicide pacts influenced by the Internet (cybersuicide pacts) emerged a few years ago. Although cybersuicide pacts are very rare, in […]
Milica Pejovic Milovancevic, Dusica Lecic Tosevski, Smiljka Popovic Deusic, Zagorka Bradic Institute of Mental Health, Belgrade, Serbia Internet and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 452 pages. Children and adolescents are growing up in the world saturated with mass media. They spend an average of 3-5 hours per day with a variety of […]
Craig D. Murray, Jenny Shilton Osborne Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom Internet and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 452 pages. In recent years concerns have been raised regarding the risk factors of on-line self-injury peer groups to exacerbate self-harming, suicidal behaviour by subscribed members. The current chapter considers these concerns with an […]
Inger Ekman, Stig Söderberg Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden Internet and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 452 pages. While the psychiatric therapeutic community is focused on individual diagnostic tools to understand deliberate self harm, self-destructive acts among young persons in Western society is increasing to a level where it arguably must be regarded […]
Steven Lippmann, M.D. The Minnesota nurse who assisted several suicides in recent years has been formally charged with two (2) criminal felony counts of aiding suicide. He reportedly, encouraged a man to hang himself in England and for a teenage girl to drown herself in Canada. Hopefully this will send message to others.
Randy A. Sansone(1), Lori A. Sansone(2) (1)Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio; Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, Ohio; 2Primary Care Clinic, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, USA Internet and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 452 pages. Borderline personality is an Axis II disorder that is characterized by chronic self-harm behavior, […]
Barbara Schneider, Kristin Grebner Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Internet and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 452 pages. Substance use disorders like alcoholism are major risk factors for suicide. During the last decade, new media including the Internet were getting more and more important in delivering information. Using suicide-related terms, […]
Eduardo J. Aguilar, Soledad Jorge, Ana Rubio, Samuel G. Siris Clinical University Hospital, Valencia, Spain; Zucker-Hillside Hospital, North Shore – Long Island Jewish Health System. Glen Oaks, New York, USA Internet and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 452 pages. Mass media have the capacity of influencing behavior, including suicidal behavior in vulnerable […]
Ajit Shah University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom Internet and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 452 pages. Suicide rates traditionally increased with ageing and are among the highest in the elderly. The internet can be an invaluable source of information whilst conducting research on elderly suicides: (i) the use of literature […]
Wally Barr, Maria Leitner University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Internet and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 452 pages. In this chapter we firstly discuss the international evidence for a direct association between the suicide rate and the way in which suicide is reported in written or televised media accounts. We consider […]
