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SUICIDE HOTLINES AND INFORMATION
Suicide is the eleventh leading cause of death in the U.S. with almost 33k deaths per year and for every suicide-related death, there are approximately 25 attempts. It is a serious, preventable mental health issue which affects both young and old and children as young as 6 have either attempted or committed suicide. What are the factors which lead people to consider suicide? The most prevalent are depression, substance abuse, stressful life events, family violence, incarceration and exposure to others who have exhibited suicidal behavior.
Canada Suicide and Crisis Hotlines
Suicide and Suicide Prevention
Samaritans (UK)
Informations sur suicide and prevention (French only)
Prevention suicide les Deux Rives
Québec City Centre for Suicide Prevention
Suicide, Depression and Mental Health Hotlines
Students First Counseling Services
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
Go Ask Alice (college resource)
Wisconsin Women's Resource Directory
Suicide Prevention Education Awareness Kit
World Health Organization Suicide Rates
International Suicide and Crisis Hotlines
Johns-Hopkins 2008 Suicide Study Statistics
Suicide in Asian-American Women
More Women Commit Suicide in China
Suicide Among Women: A critical review (doc)
Suicide Stats, Young Women and New York City
American Association of Suicidology (survivor network)
University of Oxford Centre for Suicide Research
Support for People Bereaved by Suicide (UK)
Suicide and the Internet (BMJ article)
Suicide in Brazil (1980-2000)
Suicide Among Young People in Selected Brazilian State Capitals
25th World Congress on Suicide Prevention Oct. 27-31, 2009 (Uruguay)
All Ireland Suicide Prevention Petition
Women and Suicide in Saudi Arabia
Prevention of Suicide and Attempted Suicide in Denmark
Swedish Focus on Suicide Prevention
A Century of Suicide in Italy: A Comparison Between the Old and the Young
Suicide Prevention in Scotland
Unit for Suicide Research (Belgium)
Asia Child Rights (Singapore Suicide Among Teenagers Increased)
Risk of Suicide After Suicide Attempt
Economy, Suicide and the Media
In no way is the following information to be construed as being provided to assist anyone in attempting suicide. It is offered as information regarding the current on-going discussion related to terminal illness and the right-to-die movement in the US and around the world.
Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization
Conductor Edward Downes and Wife Joan Die in Swiss Suicide Clinic
Dignitas Prepares Legal Challenge Over Assisted Suicide for Healthy People
Guardian articles on assisted suicide
Assisted Suicide Laws Around the World (may be in need of updating)
Spain Moves Toward Legalised Assisted Suicide
MPs should use free parliamentary time to resolve assisted suicide issue (Guardian, UK)
Physician-Assisted Suicide: Ethical Topic in Medicine
Doctor-Assisted Suicide: A Guide to Web Sites and the Literature
Suicide and Assisted Suicide (book chapter)
Coalition Against Assisted Suicide
US Supreme Court: Assisted Suicide
Assisted Suicide Laws: State by State
State of Oregon: Death With Dignity Act
National Council on Disability: Assisted Suicide (1997)
Washington May Embrace Assisted Suicide: NPR
American Geriatrics Society: Physician Assisted Suicide
Washington State Death with Dignity Act (pdf)
The Hastings Center: Physician-Assisted Death in the US: Are the Existing 'Last Resorts' Enough?
AMA OKs Palliative Sedation for Terminally Ill
International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Assisted Suicide: Finding Common Ground
Right to die death reopens French suicide debate (Reuters)
German woman's assisted suicide fuels debate
Czech Republic Parliament Will Debate Measure to Legalize Assisted Suicide
American Medical Students Association
Putting Muscle Behind End-of-Life Wishes (NYT article)