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8/26/2010 New Army Report Released on Suicide in the Armed Forces The United States Army released a new report for August 2010 describing suicide among members of the armed forces - the “Army Health Promotion, Risk Reduction and Suicide Prevention Report 2010.”  The 350 page report contains detailed data on Army suicides, the causes and
4/26/2010 Army program designed to prevent soldier and veteran suicides

Fort Campbell tries to stop soldier suicides

Brig. Gen. Stephen Townsend addressed the 101st Airborne Division with military brusqueness: Suicides at the post had sp
3/23/2010 Suicide contagion
Adolescents and young adults are the most susceptible to suicide contagion, Gould said, partly because they tend to be more impulsive and impressionable to the behavior of their peers. Hearing about someone else's suicide may add legitimacy to their own depressed thoughts and increase rumin
3/11/2010 How to help a friend contemplating suicide

If you know someone who seems depressed or desperate, the first step is get professional help, therapists say. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is one place to turn, and the AAS has a list of other resources when someone is suicidal.

Even with professional help, depressed people
3/8/2010 CNN: Parents of suicide find 'immediate bond' in each other
Surviving parents say they feel a special connection to others who have lost children to suicide. "It is such an immediate bond when you meet another person whose child took their life," said Patricia Pedigo-Dunn, whose son Allen passed away in October 2009. Pedigo-Dunn participates in t
2/10/2010 Proposed DSM-5 expands suicide risk factors, clarifies clinical definition
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) posted the draft of the Diagnostic Statiscal Manual Version 5.  As described in the link below, changes related to suicide include an expanded list of medical, mental health and social risk factors and indicators and a clearer clinical definition
1/26/2010 Suicide rates soar for US war veterans
Washington has revealed that the suicide rate for returning war veterans aged 18-29 soared by 26 per cent from 2005-7. Preliminary data from the Veterans Affairs (VA) Department indicated on Monday that about 18 veterans commit suicide every day.
 
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12/29/2009 New Suicide Research Bibliographies and Elderly Males Data Added

Benchmark has added new suicide research bibliographies to the special at-risk populations' reports in the Reports section of the Idaho Suicide Research Project website.

New bibliographies include:
11/23/2009 Suicide survivors find purpose

After suicide takes their loved ones, survivors find purpose

By Katie Hawkins-Gaar, CNN

(CNN) -- When Lori Zeller lost her sister to suicide in 1991, she began a life of activism.

At 22, Zeller started a support group in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for loved ones left behind a
11/18/2009 U.S. Army suicides set to hit new high in 2009
U.S. Army suicides set to hit new high in 2009
 
This is an article from Reuters about the high number of suicides in the U.S. Army in 2009.
 
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