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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Suicide rate"”.
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Suicide in Hong Kong, 1981-1991 : a social and spatial analysis
This thesis is a social and spatial study of suicide in Hong Kong's three subregions: Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories for the period 1981-1991. The primary data used are official suicide statistics; these are supplemented by descriptive newspaper accounts of suicide. Over time, …
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Inequality of suicide in South Korea: Unequal distribution of completed suicide and suicidal ideation
Suicide in South Korea, considered a serious social issue, has been investigated by a number of scholars in multidisciplinary fields. However, suicide continues to be framed and focused only on limited aspects, such as having an individual-level focus on problems they face in only biomedical and …
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Η ΑΥΤΟΚΤΟΝΙΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΕΛΟΠΟΝΝΗΣΟ: ΕΠΙΔΗΜΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ, ΨΥΧΟΠΑΘΟΛΟΓΙΑ, ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΟΙ ΠΑΡΑΓΟΝΤΕΣ
THE PRESENT STUDY DEALS WITH THE PROBLEM OF SUICIDE IN A LARGE AREA OF GREECE,PELOPONNESE, AND IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS: THE FIRST PART INVESTIGATES THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SUICIDE DURING THE YEARS 1979-1983 AND THE SECOND PART THE PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, DURING THE PERIOD 1970-1984. THE INCIDENCE OF SUICIDE …
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Application of Data Analytics for Prediction of Suicide Rates at the State and National Levels
<p>The increasing suicide rate in the United States has amplified the need to assure that regions with high suicide risk receive adequate funding for programs and related resources for prevention methods. The way in which organizations dedicated to preventing suicides distribute funding could be …
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Three essays on the economics of health insurance change, COVID and trust, and suicide with application to South Korea
… role of social and human capital between GDP and suicide rate of 189 countries for the period between years 1990-2017. Proxying social capital(integration) with drop in mobility and human capital with average years of schooling, I test, 1) whether GDP actually bears negative association with …
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Economics of Social Issues
… favour of firearms are shown to increase carry rates and lower crime. Chapter two deals with the topic of suicide and mental health issues, examining empirically the effect of various economic indicators, such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP), unemployment and working hours on the suicide rate …
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Post September 11th Suicide Rates: Durkheim and Communal Bereavement
… September 11th terrorist attacks had on national suicide rates in the time following the attacks. Two schools of thought seem to give contradicting proposals. The first is the classical Durkheimian model, which predicts that the national integration brought on by the attacks should cause a …
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ESSAYS IN HEALTH ECONOMICS
… I study state-imposed payday lending bans on suicide, fatal drug overdoses, and fatal alcohol poisoning over the period 1999 to 2016. Payday lenders oer \quick cash" and charge high fees relative to the principle loan amounts. I combine the restricted-use National Center for Health Statistics …
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Examining Stage Theories and the Predisposition to Lead within the Homosexual Community
… gay individuals have become fully self-integrated, their capacity for leadership within the community is diminished. Unfortunately, now more than ever before, leadership is needed in dealing with such pressing community issues as the disproportionately high suicide rate among gay teens, the …
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Economics Meets Mortality
… in Northern Hungary. Contextual factors such as suicide, alcohol consumption, and divorces are also examined as potential drivers of the mechanism. The second chapter, "On the Edge of Despair: The Connection Between Unemployment and Suicide", comprises two studies. The first uses global panel …
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Savižudybių prevencijos mokymo programų vertinimas tarp Vilniaus miesto slaugytojų /
… Lithuania remains the country with the highest suicide rate in Europe. Deaths due to suicide can be prevented through effective prevention measures, one of which is gatekeeper training. Gatekeepers are professionals who are likely to come into contact with people experiencing a suicidal crisis …
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The impact of assisted dying on suicidality: a synthetic control analysis of population suicide rates
… against these policies is that they cause a suicide contagion, thus increasing suicides. Evidence for the assisted dying-suicide link does not currently exist, and in general, research is scarce. I add to this body of literature to help stakeholders understand the consequences of such …
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Silence Taboo and Midlife Women: A case study of the Midlife Women Rock Café in Waterford city
… literature, it was noted that mental health and suicide rate statistics across the female lifespan in both the U.K and Ireland are highest in women aged 45 to 60 years (Table 1.1Female suicide rates by age group, per 100,000 population 2001-2018). These are the year's most women transition …
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Development of a participatory arts intervention to promote mental health and wellbeing among men ‘at risk’ of suicide
… is a growing public health concern. The male suicide rate is three times higher than the female rate in Northern Ireland. Men living in areas of high social disadvantage in Northern Ireland are considered a particularly vulnerable group to suicide. Men are often reticent to seek support for …
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The Economics of Public Safety
… of public safety: crime, domestic violence, and suicide. In the first chapter, I examine the unintended consequences of centralized online marketplace on petty theft. Market centralization has been shown to improve market efficiency and stability. But, centralized markets have had a considerable …
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Post Traumatic Story Disorder: Using the Power of Narrative to Heal the Invisible Wounds of War
Abstract Soldiers traumatized by war often experience debilitating effects of invisible wounds such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). An obstacle to recovery from PTSD for male soldiers can be an inability to share their stories. This obstacle is exacerbated by the construct of American …
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Post traumatic story disorder: using the power of narrative to heal the invisible wounds of war
Abstract Soldiers traumatized by war often experience debilitating effects of invisible wounds such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). An obstacle to recovery from PTSD for male soldiers can be an inability to share their stories. This obstacle is exacerbated by the construct of American …