Shiawassee County Suicide Prevention Plan 2008

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Healthy Kent Suicide Prevention Plan: Intervening in the Tapestry of Life – Providing Hope

This document outlines the suicide prevention strategy for Kent County, Michigan. The goals & objectives of the plan include community development, community education, training for health care professionals & community workers, postvention services for any Kent County resident affected by an attempted suicide or death by suicide, developing broad-based community support for the plan, & […]

Monroe County Suicide Prevention Plan

The suicide prevention plan for Monroe County, Michigan has 3 main components: awareness, intervention, & follow-up. This document outlines the goals & objectives associated with each of these. Awareness goals include community development & community education, the reduction of stigma, the implementation of prevention programs, & reducing the number of suicides in Monroe County. The […]

Gender and Suicide Risk: the Role of Wound Site

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Correlates of Serious Suicidal Ideation and Attempts in Female Adult Sexual Assault Survivors

Why Does Zeno the Stoic Hold his Breath? “Zenoism” as a new Variable for Studying Suicide

A single misfortune may be seen as just that or may be interpreted as Zeno the Stoic did, as a sign of cosmic proportion(zenoizing) which paradoxically provides a missing meaning structure. This article presents two studies testing this new variable. Study One explored the moderating effects of religiosity & gender on zenoism, depression, demoralization, & […]

Recent Suicidal Ideation Among Patients in an Inner City Emergency Department

The rates & associated features of suicide ideation among 5,641 patients seeking routine, nonsuicide-related care in a Flint, Michigan emergency department were examined. Approximately 8% of patients seeking routine care in the emergency department reported some form of suicide ideation within the past 2 weeks. Suicide ideation was common in individuals who were single with […]

Prisoner Rights and Suicide

Kalamazoo County Suicide Prevention Plan

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Tragedy at Beecher High

Firearm Homicide and Suicide in Michigan

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Biological Predictors of Suicidality in Schizophrenia

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Another Case of Student Suicide

A Resource Guide for Families Dealing With Mental Illness

Helping the Mentally ill in Jails Adjust to Community Life: a Description of a Postrelease ACT Program and its Clients

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Attitudes and Behaviors on Physician-Assisted Death: a Study of Michigan Oncologists

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The Impact of Violence Exposure on African American Youth in Context

20 Years With Survivor Groups, yet Questions Linger

Neighborhood Service Organization Emergency Telephone Service/Suicide Prevention Center’s Mobile Crisis Response Team

Published in “Back to the Future: Refocusing the Image of Suicide,” ed. by J L McIntosh

Suicide Prevention Plan for Michigan 2005

An Uncertain Future for Assisted Suicide

Study Finds Ex-cop Suicides Soar

This article reports on a 1981 study that found Detroit police retirees had a suicide rate that was 10 times higher than the national average for men in the same age group. The author discusses the contribution of severe job stress & emotional trauma sustained on the job to the unusually high suicide rate.

The Interplay Among Risk Factors for Suicidal Ideation and Suicide: the Role of Depression, Poor Health, and Loved Ones’ Messages of Support and Criticism

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