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 Suicide Information - December 2, 2008
| London, England (AHN)-Researchers say that people born in spring or early summer in the northern hemisphere have a 17 percent increased risk of committing suicide than those with birthdays in the autumn or early winter | | A recent study performed in England and Wales suggests that people born in spring or early summer are at a higher risk for suicide, according to BBC News. The study, which examined 26,916 suicide cases, found that babies born in April, May or June had a 17% greater chance of killing themselves than those born in the autumn | | The Internet is bringing together adolescents who injure themselves with cuts, carvings, scratches or burns. The network and world that most adults have no clue about is turning to be of increasing importance to teenage social lives. A new Cornell University study on use of the Internet by children and adolescents finds that the message boards give many isolated teenagers a safe place to share this intimate secret. However researchers do warn that the majority of the postings are supportive in nature, some reinforce self-injury behaviors and could create a "social contagion" effect | | According to a major Canadian study, elderly people who take a popular type of antidepressant are almost five times more likely to commit suicide than those on other antidepressants. The researchers stress that pills such as Prozac, Zoloft and Effexor are lifesavers for most seriously depressed seniors, but over-prescription of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) to older people who do not really need them may expose some to an unnecessary risk of self-harm | | An 18-year-old man committed suicide by jumping to his death because he felt humiliated for having small genitals, according to local reports. The teenager, who has been kept unidentified, jumped from a building on March 3 | |
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