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ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has issued the second alert in a series reminding editors, reporters and others to ask candidates for public office what they will do about the nation's mental health crisis. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100216/NAMILOGO) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100216/NAMILOGO) State budget cuts in mental health services are putting lives at risk. Federal mental health block...
Public-private collaboration forges next-generation partnerships to address major public-health threat in America WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, on World Suicide Prevention Day, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Department of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced acceleration of efforts to respond to what has become a foremost, preventable public-health tragedy in our nation: Suicide. Together they announced the founding membership of...
PORTSMOUTH, N.H., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Bresette + Company, a high performance marketing and consulting team, is working with a truly selfless non-profit organization, Samaritans of Rhode Island Suicide Prevention and Resource Center, to develop a new program, the "Fundraising and Planned Charitable Giving Program," in order to raise money for the organization. Established on December 12, 1977, the Samaritans of Rhode Island Suicide Prevention and Resource Center is a non-religious,...
ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In recognition of World Suicide Prevention Day on Friday, September 10, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) urges public education about mental illness and suicide. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100216/NAMILOGO) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100216/NAMILOGO) According to The World Health Organization, nearly one million people around the world die from suicide each year. "More than 90 percent of those...
SEATTLE, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 10, 2010, the world recognizes World Suicide Prevention Day. The International Association for Suicide Prevention and the World Health Organization (WHO) use this day to focus public attention on the unacceptable burden and costs of suicidal behaviors. It is estimated that about one million people die by suicide every year. This is a huge global burden and one that can often be prevented. For those dealing with the loss brought by suicide,...
"HOPE" Tee to Benefit Organization Aimed To Provide Public Awareness and Education of Suicide MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- KC Tees (www.KCTees.com) - a company with a message and a mission, has partnered with Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) (www.Save.org) - a national, nonprofit organization whose mission is to prevent suicide and reduce the stigma associated with suicide - for Suicide Prevention Week September 5-11, 2010. Starting in September, 15% of the...
National experts offer insight on suicide as the third-leading cause of death for America's youths ages 15-24 SHEBOYGAN, Wisc., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Three leading experts on youth suicide will be featured this fall in a new series of interactive webinars from Well Aware, a national youth suicide prevention program. This series includes school-based strategies for suicide prevention, helping youths who have lost a peer to suicide, and crisis response for schools and communities...
Change and hope were central themes to the November 2008 U.S. presidential election. A new longitudinal study published in the September issue of Social Science Quarterly analyzes suicide rates at a state level from 1981-Â2005 and determines that presidential election outcomes directly influence suicide rates among voters.In states where the majority of voters supported the national election winner suicide rates decreased. However, counter-intuitively, suicide rates decreased even more...
People adopt self-destructive behaviors expected within culturesWomen and girls in the United States consider and engage in suicidal behavior more often than men and boys, but die of suicide at lower rate "“ a gender paradox enabled by U.S. cultural norms of gender and suicidal behavior, according to a psychologist who spoke Thursday at the 118th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association."Everywhere, suicidal behavior is culturally scripted," said Silvia S....
Tests promise to help clinicians move beyond reliance on self-reporting by suicidal individualsTwo powerful new tests developed by psychologists at Harvard University show great promise in predicting patients' risk of attempting suicide.The work may help clinicians overcome their reliance on self-reporting by at-risk individuals, information that often proves misleading when suicidal patients wish to hide their intentions. Both new tests are easily administered within minutes on a computer,...
