Resource Tag: UNITED STATES. GEORGIA

This study examines the association between exposures to multiple forms of childhood abuse (emotional, physical, sexual) & adult suicidal behavior in a sample of low-income, African American women. Analyses revealed that women who had experienced abuse were significantly more likely to attempt suicide. Women who reported all three forms of abuse were also statistically more […]

This report provides information about suicide in Georgia. It describes the gender, ethnicity, & age characteristics of those who died by suicide, the methods commonly used, & death rates for each county. The report combines deaths for the period 1994-1998. Risk factors & protective actions are briefly discussed.

This article describes the life of Mark Barton, his mental problems, his social conflicts, & suspicious past, previous to the murder of his wife & children and co-workers. He completed suicide after the rampage & left a suicide note filled with blame, regret and denial.

This study examined psychopathology & substance abuse in 15 African American adolescents who had attempted suicide & a control group who were not suicidal. The suicidal youth were found to have significant levels of depression & they also used more drugs & alcohol than the control group.

The ramifications of a jail suicide in Macon, Georgia are reviewed including: a lawsuit, the firings of three jail employees, the suspension of a police department captain, and the indictment of two of the fired employees for manslaughter.

From 1967-1986, 19 suicidal jumps from high-rise hotels accounted for 24% of all fatal jumping episodes & 1% of suicides in Fulton County, Georgia. Details of the 19 suicides are categorized by age, sex, ,year, local residents vs. registered hotel guests, floor number, number of suicide notes left, & time the suicide occurred. (VM)

The purpose of this study was to compare the percentages of suicide and nonsuicide populations of black and other nonwhite women with the percentages of white women, in selected occupational groups. This involved the use of suicide and occupational data from Georgia for 1979 and from North Carolina for 1976 and 1978.

An overview of family dynamics and family therapy of attempted and completed suicide is presented. Families in which suicidal acts occur are likely to have a history of loss, neglect, deprivation or divorce. Various aspects of family therapy and attempted suicide are briefly examined and key points re. family dynamics and therapy after suicide are […]

Demographic & trend analysis of 881 consecutive suicides in blacks & whites is presented. From 1975-1984, the suicide rate was 15.1/100,000. Rates are broken down according to age, sex, color & method. Similarities & differences to larger scale studies are discussed. The authors advocate study & publication of local data to clarify further the nature […]

A multipurpose crisis intervention center in Atlanta is described. The service is integrated with social services and the health community. A range of services is provided with the telephone crisis service as the backbone. Other services include direct crisis intervention visits in the community, work with the homeless in shelters and folow-up from hospital discharges […]

Multiple-incident victims (n=25) were poorer & more transient, had a history of more frequent victimization other than rape & were significantly more dysfunctional in their personal & interpersonal adjustment than were single-incident victims (n=25). Comparisons of events leading up to & surrounding the current rape for these 2 groups were not significant. Hypotheses concerning the […]

Sex specific suicide rates are the dependant variable used for a series of multiple regression equations explaining suicide rates in Georgia. A series of predicter variables including race, age, male unemployment, women in the labor force, percent married, percent divorced, income and a housing indexed are used. (KB)

Study categorizing social indicators to more accurately predict age, race and sex differences in suicide rates, using a time series analysis of nearly 10,000 suicides in Georgia from 1960-1976. (KB)

An investigation of the following variables affecting attitudes towards suicidal behaviors a) the sex of the respondent b) the sex of the suicidal individual c) the chronicity of the suicidal behavior and d) the term ie ideation versus suicide attempt. (KB)

An epidemiological study of suicide in Georgia from 1977 through 1979, including a brief review of current and past trends in the Georgia suicide rate. (KB)

Modification of Henry and Short’s theory explaining patterns in suicide and homicide rates and showing the relationships to psychological and sociological theories. Three empirical studies of this theory were then carried out 1) variations in suicide rates among 47 nations taking into account religion and economic development 2) the relationships to hierarchial residential status as […]

In order to evaluate the approach of the practicing physician, 78 doctors in the greater Atlanta community were interviewed regarding the prevalence of suicide in their practices. Authors conclude that most physicians were inadequately trained to handle these patients alone & most quickly shifted responsibility for care to the psychiatrist. Limited sedative prescription & diligence […]