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VA Puts Latest Estimate of Veteran Suicides at 20 Per Day
On average, 20 veterans a day committed suicide in 2014, a slight decrease from the previous government estimate, but federal health officials are cautious about concluding the suicide problem is getting better. Rather, they say the Department of Veterans Affairs is relying on a more comprehensive database than ever before, making comparisons to prior studies difficult and possibly offering a truer snapshot than what was captured in the past.
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Visium’s Valvani Found Dead in Apparent Suicide Amid Charges
Sanjay Valvani, the Visium Asset Management partner charged with insider trading last week, was found dead in an apparent suicide at his Brooklyn home. He was 44. New York City police were called to his home on Monday evening, where they found a knife near his body and a suicide note. Valvani died after an apparent, self-inflicted slash to the neck, a spokeswoman said. "We mourn the tragic loss of Sanjay, a devoted father, husband and friend," Jacob Gottlieb, Visium’s founder, said in a statement Tuesday.
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Canada Legalizes Physician-Assisted Dying
Canadian lawmakers have passed legislation to legalize physician-assisted death. It comes after an intense debate about who should be eligible for the option.
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Mainstream Media Finally Admits Mass Banker "Suicides" Were Likely a Vast Criminal Conspiracy
The common thread in several banker suicides is that they had intimate knowledge of the international Libor scandal as it related to Deutsche Bank.
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Assisted Suicide Is Now Legal in Canada — And One Province Is Providing Free Drugs to Do It
It's now legal for doctors and other healthcare providers in Canada to help patients die. The federal government missed its June 6 deadline to implement its assisted death legislation, Bill C-14, so provinces across Canada are taking things into their own hands when it comes to regulating how and when people can end their own lives. Canada joins other jurisdictions such as The Netherlands, Belgium, and Switzerland, all of which have their own rules around doctor-assisted suicide.
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Woman 'live-streamed her own suicide on Periscope'
An investigation into the death of a 19-year-old French woman who reportedly live-streamed herself taking her own life has opened in France. The woman, who had been using the smartphone app Periscope, reportedly jumped under a train at a station about 25 miles (40 km) south of Paris on Tuesday. The video is no longer available on Periscope, which is owned by Twitter. Twitter said it did not comment "on individual accounts".
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US suicide rate surges, particularly among white people
The suicide rate in the US has surged to its highest level in almost three decades, according to a new report. The increase is particularly pronounced among middle-age white people who now account for a third of all US suicides. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report did not offer an explanation for the steep rise. However, other experts have pointed to increased abuse of prescription opiates and the financial...
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The Arctic Suicides: It's Not The Dark That Kills You
Greenland has the world's highest suicide rate. And teen boys are at the highest risk.
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‘Buddy Check on 22!’ Veterans Use Social Media to Fight Suicide
For thousands of veterans and active duty soldiers, the 22nd of every month is a reminder to make a suicide prevention spot-check on former comrades
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Canadian Prime Minister Seeks to Legalize Physician-Assisted Suicide
The government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced legislation on Thursday to legalize physician-assisted suicide for Canadians with serious medical conditions.
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I told the truth in my sister’s obituary, so that others might choose to live
The most alone I have ever felt was standing on my front porch on a chilly February evening. My sister had taped a note to the front door that said “Eleni, if you’re the first one here don’t go in the basement. Just call 911. I don’t want you to see me like this. I love you! Love, Aletha.” She put an identical sign on the back door. Even in the midst of consuming depression, Aletha tried to protect me from the full horror of her suicide.
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By the time you read this, I’ll be dead
“Between 1999 and 2001, I helped eight people die, including the poet Al Purdy. Now, as I prepare to take my own life, I’m ready to tell my story.” By John Hofsess.
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Gang member kills South Carolina cop, calls mother, commits suicide
A self-described gang member killed a South Carolina police officer on Friday, then called his own mother before turning the gun on himself, police said. The suspect committed suicide moments after firing on officers who were trying to serve him with an arrest warrant at a house in Greenville, South Carolina, Greenville Police Chief Ken Miller told reporters. Miller said the names of the officer and the suspect would not be released pending notification of the families.
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Actions Speak Louder Than Words; A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words; You Still Can’t See What I Am Saying
If actions speak louder than words and a picture is worth a thousand… does it help anyone see what you’re saying when you communicate without them? Sometimes, no matter how loud you sho…
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An open letter to the Whole Foods shoppers who consoled me when I learned of my dad’s suicide
Dear Strangers, I remember you. Ten months ago, when my cellphone rang with news of my father’s suicide, you were walking into Whole Foods prepared to do your grocery shopping, just as I had been only minutes before you. But I had already abandoned my cart full of groceries and I stood in the entryway of the store. My brother was on the other end of the line. He was telling me my father was dead, that he had taken his...
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Belgian woman, 24, granted euthanasia death over depression
A 24-year-old Belgian woman who suffers from depression and has had a "death wish" since childhood has been granted the right to die — even though she's not terminally ill. Doctors gave the young woman, identified only as Laura, the go-ahead to be euthanized by lethal injection after she spent her life battling suicidal thoughts, she told Belgian newspaper De Morgen. "Life, that's not for me," she said. "Death feels to me not as a choice.
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By the end of my first year as a doctor, I was ready to kill myself
Doctor suicide is the medical profession’s grubby secret – but it’s unclear why some of those dedicated to preserving life silently plot their own deaths. By an anonymous junior doctor. (Jan. 5)
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Dave Mirra: BMX star dies aged 41 in apparent suicide
Police in North Carolina say one of the most celebrated names in X Games, Dave Mirra, has died in North Carolina at the age of 41. Greenville police confirmed on Thursday night that Mirra’s body had been found earlier in the day. Authorities responded to reports of an apparent suicide and discovered Mirra’s body in a truck.
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Dear Carey
A letter to a brother two decades after his death. By Shael Risman.
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The boom, the bust, the darkness: suicide rate soars in wake of Canada's oil crisis
In what used to be the ‘Texas of the north’, unemployment is creeping to 2008 levels, employment insurance beneficiaries have doubled, and the once economic powerhouse is in the throes of a potential mental health crisis
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