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| MEDLINEplus: Suicide |
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| This site is an excellent starting point for students who are searching for information on suicide. Research shows that several factors usually contribute to the risk for suicide, such as changes in neurotransmitters and depression. This authoritative site contains topic areas that include general information, overviews, screening, and special situations such as assisted suicide. Additional information is available about organizations, statistics, and the risk factors that are applicable to seniors and teenagers. Articles include "In Harm's Way: Suicide in America," "Straight Talk on Suicide," and "Surviving: Coping with Adolescent Depression and Suicide." This site can be searched by keyword. |
| Topic: Suicide |
| URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/suicide.html |
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| Suicide: Read This First |
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| For those searching for appropriate information on the topic of suicide or for anyone just interested in the subject, here is an excellent site pertaining to suicide and depression created by award-winning Mental Health Net. Although depression is a treatable mental disorder 30,000 Americans commit suicide. Find out about symptoms, treatment, resources, support, organizations, and research. There is access to a caring, non-religious site with life saving advice for those who are considering suicide. An interactive depression quiz is also available. Resource data can be search by keyword. |
| Topic: Suicide |
| URL: http://suicide.mentalhelp.net/ |
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| About Teen Suicide |
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| This straightforward, sympathetic site puts the spotlight on teen suicide. Some of the risk factors facing teens are a poor support network, physical or sexual abuse, feelings of inadequacy, substance abuse, and very poor relationships with their parents. The content found at this site is divided into the following sections, "Understanding and Preventing Teen Suicide," "Risk Factors," "Warning Signs," "Providing Help," and "Where to Find Help." This site is well documented, contains pictures, links to useful material and can be searched by keyword. |
| Topic: Suicide |
| URL: http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/behavior/suicide.html |
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| Centre For Suicide Prevention |
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| The Suicide Information and Education Centre, which is based in Canada, is the largest English language suicide information resource center and library in the world. Although it is not a crisis center, it provides crisis support in case you or someone else is considering suicide or is exhibiting suicidal behavior. At this award-winning site you will find up-to-date news, suicide prevention training programs, message boards, answers to frequently asked questions, information kits, pamphlets, and links to helpful organizations. The SIEC database can be searched by keyword. |
| Topic: Suicide |
| URL: http://www.siec.ca/ |
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| SAVE: Suicide Awareness Voices of Education |
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| This award-winning site provides professional information on suicide prevention. It is for those who are depressed or contemplating suicide as well as those who think they know someone who needs help. Depression and thoughts about suicide can lead to taking one's life. This site contains information such as symptoms of depression and how to recognize suicidal thinking and behavior. There are detailed guidelines for those who want to learn about intervention skills. Links to community resources, recommended reading, educational materials, and much more is available. A national hotline number is provided. |
| Topic: Suicide |
| URL: http://www.save.org/ |
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| Youth Suicide Prevention Program |
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| Tragically, many young people try suicide every year, and more tragically, many are successful. Through awareness-building and training, the Youth Suicide Prevention Program hopes to reduce the number of attempts and successes. This site offers a discussion of warning signs and what to do if you recognize any of them. Also presented are myths and facts as well as reports and evaluation results of prevention programs. The report on how teens who were exposed to training materials used the methods in prevention efforts with their peers is particularly interesting. There are also pointers to books and other Web sites. |
| Topic: Adolescent psychology; Suicide |
| URL: http://www.yspp.org/index.htm |
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| Increased Risk of Suicide From Psychotropic Drugs |
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| Many times psychotropic drugs are prescribed for people diagnosed with chronic depression. Research was done to see if the use of these drugs would help decrease the risk of suicide or attempted suicide. Here you can read about the results of this research. You will also find a list of six specific DSM-V Research Agenda for this type of testing. |
| Topic: Drugs; Drugs--Physiological effect; Psychotropic drugs; Suicide |
| URL: http://www.namiscc.org/Research/2002/AntipsychoticSuicideRisk.htm |
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| Suicide and Sudden Loss: Crisis Management in the Schools: Highlights: An ERIC/CAPS Digest |
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| There may come a time when students have to deal with the sudden death or suicide of a classmate. Not all schools handle these types of situations with the same approach, which may leave some students without the needed support. Research on this topic has been conducted, the best practices have been discovered, and the results are reported in this article. Behavior issues, questions to consider, counseling, and special treatment are all addressed. This article is one that can be of great help to any school or student faced with an untimely death of a classmate. |
| Topic: Crisis management; Death--Psychological aspects; Suicide |
| URL: http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-9214/loss.htm |
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| Parents Trauma Resource Center |
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| Helpful information at this site explains grieving and its effects on infants, toddlers, children, and teens. Discover the signs to look for in each age group. Learn the difference between grief reactions and trauma reactions. Charts show developmental responses to separation and loss. See how to explain death in a way that children can understand. There is also specific information about suicide, including facts and myths, and clues of a potential suicide. Specific tips tell how to help a person dealing with grief. |
| Topic: Death--Psychological aspects; Grief; Suicide |
| URL: http://www.tlcinstitute.org/PTRCage.html |
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| National Mental Health Information Center |
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| The National Mental Health Information Center features information on children's mental health, suicide prevention, school violence prevention, managing anxiety, and mental health links. The homepage contains titles and excerpts from mental health related articles. After browsing through these excerpts you can continue reading an entire article by clicking on its appropriate link. Sections on programs, mental health topics, a newsroom, publications, and resources are also accessible by searching through a tool bar located at the top of the page. |
| Topic: Anxiety; Mental health; School violence; Suicide |
| URL: http://www.mentalhealth.org/ |
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| Pediatric Psychiatry Pamphlets |
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| Access the pamphlet information provided by this web site to learn about specific pediatric psychiatric problems. Gain information about diagnosis and treatment of attention deficit hyper-activity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, depressive disorders and suicide, bipolar disorder, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and separation anxiety disorder. There is also information about learning disabilities and learning disorders, Tourette's syndrome and tics, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Examine answers to psychiatric FAQ's as well. Unfortunately, not all of the links function properly at this web site. |
| Topic: Adolescence; Adolescent psychology; Children--Health and hygiene; Psychiatry; Psychology; Suicide; Tourette syndrome |
| URL: http://www.klis.com/chandler/ |
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| The Real Sylvia Plath |
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| Sylvia Plath was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1932. Her autobiographical novel The Bell Jar chronicled the mental breakdown and subsequent suicide attempt that followed her internship at Madmoiselle in 1953. A decade after that attempt, Plath was dead by her own hand. In 2000, the unabridged journals of the confessional poet were published. This two-part Salon.com article explores "the tally of 'my lusts and my little ideas'" as well as new ideas about what may have driven Plath to suicide--theories that have emerged following study of the unexpurgated diaries. |
| Topic: American poets; American poets--Biography; Plath, Sylvia; Suicide; Women poets, American |
| URL: http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/05/30/plath1/ |