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Suicidal Behavior Among the Netsilik Eskimos (CA1 IA55 GO N02)

Paper based on research conducted on two field trips in 1959 and 1960 among the Arviligjuar Eskimos of Pelly Bay, District of Keewatin. Describes Netsilik suicide practices in relation to the low level of social integration characteristic of their society. (KB)

The Impact of Suicide: Bereavement

Jewish and Non-Jewish Suicide in Oakland County, Michigan

Suicide Rates in Britain. Reduction in Deaths is Welcome, but is Everything Getting Better?

The Wish to Die in Suicidal Behavior

Functions of the Psychological Autopsy in a Community

Parental Loss and Family Background in Attempted Suicide

And Darkness Closes In… A National Study of Jail Suicides

Documentation of suicides during 1979 indicated that inmates commit suicide at 16 times the rate in the general population. A profile of the typical inmate suicide indicated that he was 22 years old, white, single, male & had been arrested for public intoxication. He had no significant history of arrests, mental illness or suicidal behaviour. […]

The Readiness to Cease and the Wish to Die

The Philosophical Roots of the Confidentiality Dilemma

Two competing philosophical systems are examined: utilitarianism & Kantian formalism. The 2 moral outlooks are defined & briefly discussed. The implications that ensue from each of the theories are considered. Utilitarianism favours the interventionist violating the confidence of the suicidal person out of concern for her welfare, whereas formalism favours respect for individual autonomy. As […]

The Differentiation of Alcoholic Suicides From Suicidal Alcoholics

Presentation of the Federal Objective to Reduce the Suicide Rate by 1990

Ratings of Intention in Suicidal Behavior

Degrees of intention have been noted before in behavior of patients who attempt or commit suicide. However, criteria for judging the degree and role of the victim’s effort to achieve self-termination has been lacking. The present report is a description of our efforts to define and quantify suicidal intent as a psychological variable, whether or […]

The First Year

A Suicide Bereavement Group

Suicide in Alberta-Historical Review of Newspaper Clippings 1975-1982

Newspaper clippings on suicidal behaviors found in Alberta newspapers covering the period 1975 to 1982.