Japan is facing an alarming new trend: Websites that explain simple ways to commit suicide with household chemicals have led to several deaths and emergency room nightmares.
I have witnessed one of the other ways that Japanese people like to off themselves–by jumping in front of trains–and would say this is probably preferable, and a lot less traumatic for the rest of us. One thing, though, is if…
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A decision has not yet been made on possible disciplinary action against a Novi magistrate who suggested to an underage drinker that he commit suicide. Novi District Court Judge Brian MacKenzie said Wednesday his office still is looking into comments made April 10 by Judith Holtz…
Court transcripts obtained by WXYZ-TV in Detroit show Holtz suggested Dickey jump from the roof of his house or slash his wrists as she chastised the 20-year-old for a third charge involving alcohol. He was being sentenced for being a…
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More than 2 million U.S. teenagers have suffered a serious bout of depression in the past year, including nearly 13 percent of girls, according to a federal government survey released on Tuesday.
More than 67,700 youths aged 12 to 17 answered questions about mood and depression. They were also asked to rate how depression affected them using the Sheehan Disability Scale, which measures impact on family, friends, chores at home, work and…
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The urge to commit suicide used to be regarded as a simple process. It was thought that mental illness (or physical illness, especially in the elderly) could lead to suicidal thoughts, then suicide attempts, followed by actual suicide. In recent years, however, researchers have found that this tragic phenomenon is much more complicated.
“This is too simplistic,” according to child and youth psychologist Dr. Alan Apter, head of the psychological medicine department at Schneider Children's Medical Center in Petah Tikva. Dr. Apter was co-chairman and main speaker…
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In Russia 15 to 20 teenagers commit suicide monthly. Surprisingly enough, a few of them do this secretly. All over Russia there are hundreds of websites that will gladly help you to lay hands on yourself.
The first one offers to use 15 grammes of a pill that will make your body dead in 10-12 hours. The physical death itself comes, however, only in 1-2 weeks, during which any medical help is senseless. Collateral damage is worse than in any…
It’s as easy as going to boys scouts. You just have to be a young energetic and smart student in Hezbollah’s school network from the age of seven and up, If you match these requirements you’re on your way to martyrdom. If you pass ideology tests, you’ll move on to warfare basics - weapons training and and outdoor maneuvers.
Right. Well some of them have sold us out. Case agents I talked to say they can't trust these guys. They say some have tipped off targets of terror investigations, while others are holding back key information from case agents they're…
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Compared to the grotesque, disgusting and sometimes even creative celebrity deaths in yesterdays world of entertainment, death by drug overdose in todays show business world (real or accidental) seems an almost gentle way to check out. Not so for these ten:
Despondent aspiring actress Peggy Entwistle, who once appeared on stage opposite Humphrey Bogart, entered Hollywood mythology by hurling herself off the Hollywood sign in 1932. Her part in RKO’s “The 13 Women” ended…
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X17online is reporting that Britney Spears tried to kill herself this evening. The photo agency says that Brit, who had been hospitalized earlier this month on a psychiatric hold, had attempted suicide at her Beverly Hills home, and that her mom, Lynne, had rushed to her side.
According to PageSix.com, they were told by a Spears family insider that the 26-year-old was “on a manic high,” adding, “She’s been up all night and hasn’t slept in 24 hours straight.”
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