Argues that suicide prevention centers do prevent suicides, both through their direct services to clients and through the community education programs. Suicide prevention centers must function as part of an integrated network of human services. The Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service of Tompkins County is described. (Author/BEF)

Popular publications about the life-after-death phenomenon are summarized, and the ramifications for death education courses are discussed. (JD)

All available suicide notes (N=27) from 267 consecutive adolescent suicides were analyzed for spelling and handwriting errors and then dictated to adolescents with and without LD. Results indicated that 89% of the 27 adolescents who had committed suicide had significant deficits in spelling and handwriting similar to those of other adolescents…

Life Attitudes Schedule--Short Form (LAS-SF) was administered to 1,742 high school students in 3 states. Psychometric properties for LAS-SF items and total score were very good, and LAS-SF was correlated with almost all the examined risk behaviors, illustrating the broad range of problems measured by the instrument. Clinical and research uses for…

In this article, the author addresses the state of the art issues relating to suicide theory, assessment; risk factors; intervention, prevention, and postvention; and training. Specifically, a recent article published in "The Counseling Psychologist" (J. S. Westefeld et al., 2000) is reviewed. Implications for counselors, counselor educators, and…

Reviews a decade of films and videos about depression, schizophrenia, and other emotional and psychological conditions as they affect women and men of different cultures. The article begins with a revelation by a recognized leader in multicultural education about his own struggle with depression and about how psychological disabilities are often…

The authors report on interviews with counselors who had faced the crisis of client suicide about accessibility and utility of resources for coping and recovery. All identified resources were rated as potentially useful, but their utility was sometimes impaired by limited access. Recommendations for promoting recovery from client suicide are…

This article argues that bodily experiences and attitudes toward the body, such as rejection of the body, detachment, numbness, physical anhedonia, and lack of protection can facilitate acts of self-destruction. Demonstrates that suicidal individuals experience their body differently from other populations and that these are related to suicidal…

Examines the overall rates of common risk-taking behaviors in a sample of 109 adolescents who made a suicide attempt, compared to a matched control sample. No differences in either the total number of risk-taking behavior or the frequency of individual risk-taking behaviors were found. These findings suggest that suicide attempts in adolescents…

Examined data on 44 completed suicides and 198 attempted suicides by jail and prison inmates in Netherlands. Found that majority of suicide completers died by hanging, most attempted suicides were performed impulsively by cutting wrists. Inmates born outside Netherlands and long-term prisoners were high-risk groups. (Author/NB)

This 1989 American Association of Suicidology presidential address focuses on statistics of 3.6 male suicide completions for each female completion, exploring hypothesis that different socialization and the concomitant differential expectations of males and females are responsible for the increased likelihood of suicide among males. (NB)

Compared age-specific suicide rates for Kentucky White farmers, Kentucky White males, and United States White males. Found suicide rates highest for farmers, followed by Kentucky males, and the United States males. All males were most likely to use firearms to commit suicide, but farmers and other Kentucky males used firearms significantly more…

Examines coverage of several infectious diseases and teenage suicide to see whether television news favors covering illness where it clusters or when it occurs near major news centers where it is easier to cover. Finds that television news did go to where the illness broke out but tended to favor reporting urban over rural suicides. (RS)

Examined relationships among suicidal indices, hopelessness, and social desirability of subjects (N=97) receiving treatment at psychiatric crisis intervention unit. Found hopelessness and measure of social desirability were significant indicators of suicidal manifestations. Results suggest that sense of general capability buffers link of…

Describes some of the concerns English teachers in Duluth, Minnesota, have expressed about exploring suicide through literature, followed by the opinion of suicide experts that such concerns can and should be overcome. Suggests ways to turn the study of literature into an opportunity to deepen students' understanding of suicide. Includes a…