Reports of Suicides by Journalists Have Huge Impact �Experts Warn Media
Reporting on suicide by journalists can have a meaningful impact on suicide deaths; journalists and media outlets and organizations should carefully consider the specific content of reports before publication, a new study reports.
Reporting on suicide by journalists can have a meaningful impact on suicide deaths; journalists and media outlets and organizations should carefully consider the specific content of reports before publication, a new study reports.
‘Higher parental belief in the importance of religion can lower the risk of suicidal behavior in children.’
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Religious and spiritual beliefs have gotten less attention in previous research examining risk factors of child and adolescent suicide. This study used data from a three-generation family study for children and adolescents whose parents were at high or low risk for major depressive disorder because of their grandparents' depression status.About 214 children from 112 nuclear families using data from a 30-year sample; most belonged to a Christian religious denomination.
Parent and child psychiatric diagnoses and suicidal behaviors; the two measures of religiosity (religious belief) used were importance and attendance.
Does Cannabis Use Impact Suicide Attempts in People With Psychiatric Disorders?
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Cannabis use does not increase suicidal behavior in psychiatric patients, shows study.
The authors of this study were Priya J. Wickramaratne, Ph.D., of Columbia University Medical Center and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, and coauthors
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Global Warming Could Increase Suicide Rates
Projected temperature increases through 2050 could lead to an additional 21,000 suicides in the United States and Mexico.
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The limitations of the study was that the sample of parents and children had regional limitations regarding religious denominations represented; participants were white.
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How Do Men Cope With a Friend or Family Member�s Suicide?
Men undergo an entirely different mourning process compared to women when they lose someone close to suicides. This process is also very difficult for them to deal with because of their masculine ideals, finds a new study.
Men undergo an entirely different mourning process compared to women when they lose someone close to suicides. This process is also very difficult for them to deal with because of their masculine ideals, finds a new study.
Source-Eurekalert
