Suicide epidemic

Suicide

Social aspects Altruistic suicide Benevolent suicide Copycat Epidemic Euthanasia Legislation Philosophy Religious views Right to die
Suicide crisis Assessment of risk Crisis hotline (list) Intervention Prevention Suicide watch
Suicide types Assisted Bullying and suicide Copycat Familicide Forced Honor Internet Mass Murder–suicide Prisoner suicide Pact Suicide attack
Suicide methods Asphyxiation Hanging Train Cop Seppuku
Epidemiology Among LGBT youth Gender differences Suicide rates Youth suicide
History List of suicides Suicide in antiquity List of suicides in the 21st century
In warfare Banzai charge Kamikaze Suicide attack Suicide mission
Related phenomena Suicide attempt Locations Ideation Self-harm Suicide note Suicide terminology
By country Bangladesh Canada China France Greenland India Iran Japan Lithuania Pakistan Russia South Korea Ukraine United Kingdom United States
Organizations Compassion & Choices Death with Dignity National Center Dignitas Exit International Final Exit Network Hemlock Society

A suicide epidemic is an epidemic of suicides. Such epidemics have occurred in the former Soviet Union in the 1990s;^[1] among police officers;^[2] on Indian reservations;^[3] in Micronesia;^[4] The Werther effect occurs when suicides that are made publicly known encourage others to imitate them.^[5] It has been suggested that the teaching of stories such as Romeo and Juliet may encourage suicide among young people.^[6]

References

↑ E Brainerd (2001), Economic reform and mortality in the former Soviet Union: a study of the suicide epidemic in the 1990s, European Economic Review
↑ JM Violanti (2007). Police suicide: Epidemic in blue. ISBN 978-0-398-07762-4.
↑ JA Ward, J Fox (1977), A suicide epidemic on an Indian reserve, Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal
↑ FX Hezel (1987), Truk suicide epidemic and social change (PDF), Human Organization
↑ J Thorson, PA Öberg (2003), Was There a Suicide Epidemic After Goetheʼs Werther? (PDF), Archives of Suicide Research
↑ DM Stupple (1987), Rx for the suicide epidemic, English Journal, JSTOR 818306

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