Two good articles on a disturbing trend.
Suicide
Spousal Suicide Ups Morbidity, Mortality in Surviving Partner
Source: Spousal Suicide Ups Morbidity, Mortality in Surviving Partner and
Original JAMA Psych article is the second link.
Concurrent Cocaine, Alcohol Use Linked to Suicidality
For Asian Americans, standardized testing is its own costly, hyper-competitive culture
Just call me Tiger Father. Original article link follows. http://reappropriate.co/2015/06/the-high-cost-of-high-stakes-testing/
I actually went to Harvard. Once. Bought a school sweatshirt hoodie.
Just so I could say, “I went to Harvard!”
QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Rates for Suicide by Urbanization of County of Residence — United States, 2004 and 2013
Workplace Suicide Rates Rise Sharply – NPR
Jobs with greatest risk include law enforcement, firefighting and protective services, such as private detectives and security guards. The suicide rate for the group was 1.5 per million workers per year over the study period. The vast majority of these suicides (84 percent) involved firearms. Easy access to guns for some and the high stress in these jobs may both play roles in the workers’ decisions about suicide.
via Workplace Suicide Rates Rise Sharply : Shots – Health News : NPR.
Austerity Kills: Economic Distress Seen as Culprit in Sharp Rise in Suicide Rate Among Middle Aged – naked capitalism
Suicide rates for adults between 40 and 64 years of age in the U.S. have risen about 40% since 1999, with a sharp rise since 2007. One possible explanation could be the detrimental effects of the economic downturn of 2007-2009, leading to disproportionate effects on house values, household finances, and retirement savings for that age group. In a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers found that external economic factors were present in 37.5% of all completed suicides in 2010, rising from 32.9% in 2005.
ED Visits for Drug-Related Suicide Attempts Double
What Profession Has The Highest Suicide Rate?
Physicians have the highest suicide rate of any profession.
via What I’ve learned from saving physicians from suicide.
Update 09.19.14
Suicide and the Young Physician – The Atlantic.
One might expect that older physicians, after years in an emotionally and often physically taxing profession, bear the burden of an increased suicide risk. But it is really a phenomenon of young physicians. Suicide accounts for 26 percent of deaths among physicians aged 25 to 39, as compared to 11 percent of deaths in the same age group in the general population.
Army and Navy Suicides at Record High
The deaths are now occurring at a rate faster than one per day. On Nov. 11, confirmed or suspected suicides among active-duty forces across the military reached 323, surpassing the Pentagon’s previous high of 310 suicides set in 2009.
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