Comments on: Consulting on a Suicide Epidemic http://www.psychiatrytalk.com/2010/06/consulting-on-a-suicide-epidemic/ by Dr. Michael Blumenfield Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:05:34 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fred Hayward http://www.psychiatrytalk.com/2010/06/consulting-on-a-suicide-epidemic/comment-page-1/#comment-876 Fred Hayward Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:08:49 +0000 http://www.psychiatrytalk.com/?p=1096#comment-876 Harry Crouch's comment (that the media and health agencies ignore the disproportionate number of male suicides) is very accurate. The good news, Harry, is that gender-specific programs might soon exist to work on suicide. The bad news is that they will probably target women rather than men. Harry Crouch’s comment (that the media and health agencies ignore the disproportionate number of male suicides) is very accurate. The good news, Harry, is that gender-specific programs might soon exist to work on suicide. The bad news is that they will probably target women rather than men.

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You may not have heard about the two suicides in L.A. County during the past week by an 11 y.o. and a 14 y.o.
Bill

]]> By: Harry Crouch http://www.psychiatrytalk.com/2010/06/consulting-on-a-suicide-epidemic/comment-page-1/#comment-839 Harry Crouch Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:10:27 +0000 http://www.psychiatrytalk.com/?p=1096#comment-839 Interesting are articles like this that speak of "people" who commit suicide. If women were the predominant victims of suicide such articles would say so and perhaps clamor for funding for research and suicide prevention programs. But men are four times more likely to kill themselves than women. Men are 10 times more likely to commit suicide when relationships end. And when men are deprived of their children they are even more likely to commit suicide. According to the U.S. Institute for Mental Health suicide is a major health problem accounting for over 33,000 deaths every year in the United States, of which roughly 24,000 were men. More than six times as many males as females ages 20 to 24 died by suicide and the rates skyrocket for men over 65. Suicide is the seventh leading cause of death for males and the sixteenth leading cause of death for females. The World Health Organization reports that In Belarus, Russia, and Poland the ratio is greater than 5 to 1 male to female suicides. The article above in part is about suicide by Chinese factory workers. Interestingly, China is one of the few places in the world that experiences a higher suicide rate for women than men and the difference is small. Suicide is clearly and primarily a problem of epidemic proportions for men across the globe, including China. Unfortunately it is politically incorrect to fund research that might reveal the causes and offer solutions to reduce the suicide epidemic. Domestic violence educator, researcher, and author Richard Davis has recently unearthed reliable information that strongly suggests roughly 30% of suicides are related to intimate partner violence. If true, then IPV related deaths are most often men, not women. Indeed, the domestic violence and its sister industries would begin to collapse around one of its most cherished and destructive beliefs, that is, more women die from intimate partner violence than do man. Do the math, then ponder the possibilities… The epidemic of male suicides should not be disguised in gender neutral and inclusive generalizations. In this article such use may be appropriate since part of the article deal with China where suicide rates are higher for women though the difference is small. Even so, the use of the word “people” creates the appearance that suicide is an equal opportunity by sex killer, which it is clearly and most emphatically is not. Interesting are articles like this that speak of “people” who commit suicide. If women were the predominant victims of suicide such articles would say so and perhaps clamor for funding for research and suicide prevention programs.

But men are four times more likely to kill themselves than women. Men are 10 times more likely to commit suicide when relationships end. And when men are deprived of their children they are even more likely to commit suicide.

According to the U.S. Institute for Mental Health suicide is a major health problem accounting for over 33,000 deaths every year in the United States, of which roughly 24,000 were men. More than six times as many males as females ages 20 to 24 died by suicide and the rates skyrocket for men over 65. Suicide is the seventh leading cause of death for males and the sixteenth leading cause of death for females.

The World Health Organization reports that In Belarus, Russia, and Poland the ratio is greater than 5 to 1 male to female suicides.

The article above in part is about suicide by Chinese factory workers. Interestingly, China is one of the few places in the world that experiences a higher suicide rate for women than men and the difference is small.

Suicide is clearly and primarily a problem of epidemic proportions for men across the globe, including China. Unfortunately it is politically incorrect to fund research that might reveal the causes and offer solutions to reduce the suicide epidemic.

Domestic violence educator, researcher, and author Richard Davis has recently unearthed reliable information that strongly suggests roughly 30% of suicides are related to intimate partner violence.

If true, then IPV related deaths are most often men, not women. Indeed, the domestic violence and its sister industries would begin to collapse around one of its most cherished and destructive beliefs, that is, more women die from intimate partner violence than do man. Do the math, then ponder the possibilities…

The epidemic of male suicides should not be disguised in gender neutral and inclusive generalizations. In this article such use may be appropriate since part of the article deal with China where suicide rates are higher for women though the difference is small. Even so, the use of the word “people” creates the appearance that suicide is an equal opportunity by sex killer, which it is clearly and most emphatically is not.

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