Suicide  

“The term suicide refers to the death of a person that is the result of behaviour  undertaken by that person in the knowledge or expectation of that result." Social Science Encyclopedia

• Suicidal behavior.  
• Violent deaths.
• Right to die.
• Murder-suicide
• Mass suicide
• Suicide attack
• Suicide bombers
• Bullying

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:   http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/suicide/statistics/index.html

Information Plus: Death & Dying; Ref Desk (also available in the Opposing Viewpoints Database)

Statistical Abstract of the United .States  Ref Desk http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: Office of Applied Studies: http://oas.samhsa.gov/suicide.cfm

·         Is suicide an individual right?

·         How can suicide be prevented?

·         What are the causes of teen suicide?

·         Should physicians assist terminally ill patients in suicide?

·         Discuss suicide of a particular group: women, gay youth, African Americans, etc.

·         Discuss the link between depression and suicide.

·         Is there a link between antidepressants or other prescription drugs and suicide?

·         Are schools, colleges, or universities doing enough to prevent suicide?

·         How can the military battle the epidemic of suicide?

·         Have economic conditions affected the suicide rate?

·         What can be done to combat suicide bombings? 

·         Discuss the link between bullying and suicide?

·         How can "suicide by cop" or "suicide by train" be combatted?

• Encyclopedia of Abortion in the United States
  Call Number: REF HQ767.5.U5 P35 2009
• Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion
  Call Number: REF BL65.P7 E53 2007
• Encyclopedia of Human Development
  Call Number: REF HM 626 .E53 2006
  
• Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society
  Call Number: REF HT 1521 .E63 2008
  
• Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics
  Call Number: REF Q 175.35 .E53 2005
  

Encyclopedia of religion and the law in America

Call Number: REF KF4865.A68 A54 2009

Encyclopedia of death and the human experience

Call Number: REF HQ1073 .E544 2009

Salem health: psychology & mental health

Call Number: REF BF 636 .P86 2010

"Suicide," "Teenage Suicide"

Encyclopedia of interpersonal violence

Call Number: REF HM1121 .E57 2008

Corsini encyclopedia of psychology

Call Number: REF BF31 .E52 2010

"Suicidality"

Encyclopedia of substance abuse prevention, treatment, & recovery

Call Number: REF RC563.4 .E53 2009

 

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