Suicide blip

[Paul.Harrison at sth.nhs.uk]

For those of you current with UK media, you could not have missed the
current reports suggesting recent 'clusters' of successful teenage
suicides may be linked to one or more of: social networks, internet
sites, peer culture and press reporting

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3241490.ece

Any relevance here to elsewhere?

Paul Harrison
Clinical Development Officer
Princess Royal Spinal Injuries Centre
Sheffield UK

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-----Original Message-----
From: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org
[mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Richey
Sent: 01 March 2008 02:58
To: trauma-list at trauma.org
Subject: Re: Suicide blip

One of my former colleagues who is still in full time clinical practice
stated he has seen several of the weirdest methods over the past few
months
that he has ever encountered.  He reported a suicide by nail gun, one by
drinking Drano (which I have previously seen myself on one occasion
before)
and asphyxiation with an old fire extinguisher.  All of these happened
in
the same jurisdiction over the space of about a month.  I am not sure
how
the overall rate has changed if at all, but apparently the people in
rural
Illinois may be getting more inventive in their ways of offing
themselves.


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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:22:24 -0800 (PST)
> From: Jose Martinez <jommartz at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Suicide Blip
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> We haven't seen any increase in the suicide rates (in Costa Rica),
just
> the methods have changed. Usually we get the intoxicated or self
inflicted
> gun shot patients. But lately we have been getting some hangings. That
is
> out of the normal!
>  Jose Martinez
>
>
>
> "Bjorn, Pret" <pbjorn at emh.org> wrote:
>  Our trauma service has seen a disturbing increase in suicides and
> suicide attempts over the past couple of months. We're rural, so both
> the numerators and denominators are small; but hear me out: for
January
> and February, we have six registered self-inflicted major traumas.
> That's half again as many for all of '07, and six times the total for
> Jan/Feb '06 and '07 combined. It's a blip; but it's a hell of a blip.
>
> Is anyone else seeing the same?
>
> Pret Bjorn, RN
> Bangor, ME USA
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