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Coroner points to mental health shortfalls
The findings from an inquest into the death of a troubled young Perth man have highlighted deficiencies in mental health services.
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Healthy 24-year-old granted right to die in Belgium
Over 1,800 people were euthanised in Belgium in 2014, a 27% increase on the previous year.
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This man has dedicated his life to patrolling Japan's lonely cliff-tops to prevent suicides
Japan has one of the highest rates of suicide in the world - but one man has devoted his life to help bring the unfortunate figure down and has saved over 500 lives to date.
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Police chief calls for investigation into Kurt Cobain's death to be reopened
The death of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain should be reinvestigated to settle whether it was suicide or murder, according to the former chief of Seattle police. "I would tell you right now if I were the Chief of Police, I would reopen this investigation,” said Norm Stamper, who took over the police department months before Cobain's death. The 27-year-old rockstar was found dead from a gunshot wound in April 1994 at his home in Seattle and Mr Stamper's officers were called to the scene.
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Suicide Of 4 Children In Rural China Highlights Tragedy Of Millions Of ‘Left-behind Kids'
The father of the four siblings who committed suicide was away working. Premier Li Keqiang says the deaths are a tragedy that must not be repeated.
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Suicide by bridge is gruesome, and death is almost certain. The fourth in a seven-part series on the Golden Gate Bridge barrier debate.
It's cold at Fort Baker. The water is frigid and the breeze chilly. It's quiet, except for the lapping of waves along the muddy shoreline. Every time a person jumps from the Golden Gate Bridge, his or her broken corpse is brought to Fort Baker by solemn sailors of the U.S. Coast Guard. There, the dead are met by an investigator from the Marin County coroner's office, which is responsible for tying up the loose ends of the jumper's life. Identification, notification, autopsy and death notice.
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Suicide rate of female military veterans is called 'staggering'
New government research shows that female military veterans commit suicide at nearly six times the rate of other women, a startling finding that experts say poses disturbing questions about the backgrounds and experiences of women who serve in the armed forces. Their suicide rate is so high that it approaches that of male veterans, a finding that surprised researchers because men generally are far more likely than women to commit suicide.
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Kalief Browder commits suicide
A New York man who spent three years behind bars at Rikers Island without being convicted of a crime has taken his own life, his attorney told CNN. Kalief Browder was a 16-year-old sophomore when he was arrested, and later charged with second-degree robbery. He was released in 2013 when the charges against him were dropped. Browder's story drew national attention when he was profiled in a story in the New Yorker, which also reported on Browder's death.
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Is It Possible to Eliminate Suicide?
Sweden has dramatically reduced traffic-accident deaths. Can it stop people from killing themselves?
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Stephen Hawking says he 'would consider assisted suicide'
Physicist Stephen Hawking says he would consider ending his life if he felt he had nothing more to contribute or had become a burden to those around him. The 73-year-old Cambridge professor, who has a form of motor neurone disease, made the comments in an interview with Dara Ó Briain for a forthcoming BBC One documentary.
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California Legislature Moves Forward With Assisted Suicide Bill
California lawmakers on Thursday revived a bill that would allow physician
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Man Threatens Suicide, Police Kill Him
Justin Way was in bed with a knife, threatening suicide. His girlfriend called a non-emergency number to try to get him into a hospital. Minutes later, he was shot dead.
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Why Men Kill Themselves
Finally, Drummond had everything he’d ever dreamed of. He’d come a long way since he was a little boy, upset at his failure to get into the grammar school. That had been a great disappointment to his mother, and to his father, who was an engineer at a pharmaceutical company. His dad had never showed much interest in him as a child. He didn’t play with him and when he was naughty, he’d put him over the back of a chair and wallop him.
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Why Are Palo Alto's Kids Killing Themselves?
Along the quiet, manicured streets of Palo Alto, million-dollar ranch homes twinkle with tastefully strung holiday lights. In one of the front yards, groups of teenagers are standing around in the unseasonably warm December air, double-fisting Budweisers and iPhones. The students seem mentally drained and emotionally exhausted—ready to blow off some steam as another intense semester at Gunn High School comes to a close.
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The male suicides: how social perfectionism kills
In every country in the world, male suicides outnumber female. Will Storr asks why.
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Suicide is leading cause of death among South Korean teens, says report
Suicide is the leading cause of death among South Korean teenagers and young people, a government survey stated on Tuesday. Yonhap reported in 2013 those between the ages of nine and 24 experienced an increased rate of suicide than a decade earlier. For this age category, the suicide rate rose to 7.8 per 100,000, up from 7.4 in 2003. The Korea Times reported nearly eight percent of young people surveyed said they have contemplated suicide in 2014.
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'Everybody Loves Raymond' Star Sawyer Sweeten Kills Himself At Age 19
Yet another child star has met a tragic end. RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned that Sawyer Sweeten, who played twin Geoffrey Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond has just committed suicide at the age of 19. A source very close to the situation tells Radar, “Sawyer was visiting family in Texas. He went on the front porch and killed himself with a gunshot to his head.”
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Chinese school bars windows and balconies to stop pupil suicides
An elite Chinese school has been criticized for turning classrooms into virtual jails by fitting windows and balconies with metal bars in an apparent attempt to stop students leaping to their deaths. The Heshui No2 school is well known for its impressive results, but recently made headlines for tragic reasons. One student died in October and another in March; both apparently jumped from school buildings.
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Spalding Gray’s Catastrophe
A car crash, a brain injury, and an actor's decline.
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Man commits suicide in front of U.S. Capitol Building holding ‘Tax the 1 percent’ sign — lockdown lifted
A man holding a sign protesting "social injustice" shot himself in front of the U.S. Capitol Building, causing a brief terrorism scare and a lockdown that has since been lifted. An unidentified man had a sign taped to his hand as well as a backpack and a rolling suitcase, the latter of which caused a bomb investigation, according to a New York Daily News report.
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