Suicide
Activity
|
Man lies in wait to shoot estranged wife after she meets with a divorce lawyer in Coos Bay...wife and himself at a Legacy drug testing lab in Tualatin where she worked. The third-murder suicide in the Portland area involved a family with financial troubles. Police, who found their bodies in their Bethany home Nov. 11, said the... In this article: Coos Bay, Coos County, Portland, Myrtle Point, Suicide, and Jeep Wagoneer |
-
The News Tribune | November 18, 2009
Oregon man shoots wife after hiding in her car then later kills himself
...exited her chest. Hospital spokeswoman Amber Shoebridge declined comment. The shooting is the latest in a string of murder-suicide attempts in Oregon this month. Three have occurred in the Portland area, including one in which a man burst...
In this article: Oregon, Portland, All rights reserved, and Coos Bay
-
PR Newswire: Health / Biotech | October 28, 2009
FamilyLife Supports Military Marriages in Portland Area
...admission for military couples to marriage conference Nov. 6 - 8 and 20 - 22 PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to rising suicide and divorce rates within the U.S. military, FamilyLife, a non-profit ministry dedicated to...
In this article: FamilyLife, Portland, Oregon, United States, and Campus Crusade
-
Oregonian | November 05, 2009
Portland police find bodies of mother, child and suspected killer
...the woman's boyfriend shot them, then killed himself. Portland police are investigating a double homicide-suicide involving a young child in the 1000 block of Southeast 123rd Avenue. A relative found a 28-year-old woman and her 4-year-old...
-
New York Times | September 24, 2009
Outposts: The Way We Die Now
The Way We Die Now Charles Dharapak/Associated Press In Washington D.C., Ruth Gallaid, from Eugene, Or., shows support in 2005 for Oregon's physician assisted suicide law, which was upheld by the Supreme Court. PORTLAND, Ore. -- In the...
In this article: Oregon, Medicare, John Kitzhaber, Cancer, Morphine, Barack Obama, Dementia, and Newt Gingrich
-
Safety net exists for veterans, soldiers seeking help
...and Oregon Safety net exists for veterans, soldiers seeking help Since March, 931 veterans and 48 active duty soldiers have called Oregon Partnership's suicide hotline. That doesn't include those who pressed "1" to speak to a veteran...
-
ABC | March 09, 2009
Top Cities: Fattest, Fittest, Happiest, Saddest
...weather and the amount of green space. Among the 50 cities, Portland also ranked No. 1 for depression, as well as No. 4 for divorce. With a December unemployment rate of 7.8 percent, the city ranked No. 12 for suicides and 24 for crime.
In this article: Portland, Snack food, Nashville, Unemployment, Nascar, Cancer, and Business Week
-
11 people ended lives under assisted suicide law
11 people ended lives under assisted suicide law Real-Time updates and breaking news from Portland and Oregon 11 people ended lives under assisted suicide law SEATTLE -- An advocacy group for Washington's assisted suicide law says 11...
In this article: Washington, Choices, Compassion, Portland, and Oregon
-
Wikipedia | September 29, 2009
Vista Bridge
Vista Bridge The Vista Bridge (officially, Vista Avenue Viaduct, also called "Suicide bridge") is an arch bridge for vehicles and pedestrians located in Portland, Oregon, United States. It connects the neighborhoods of King's Hill and...
In this article: Vista Bridge, National Register of Historic Places, Portland, and Oregon
-
washingtonpost.com | July 06, 2009
Why Do Some With HIV Not Get AIDS? Study of 'Elite' Group May Help Others
...progressed to AIDS, Karen remained healthy. Various drug cocktails kept AIDS from killing Tyler, but they left him constantly fatigued, and on Nov. 11, 2005, the 23-year-old committed suicide. Remarkably, 27 years after receiving...
In this article: AIDS, HIV, Blood transfusion, Rash, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Trends
Loading...
More on Suicide
Description from Wikipedia:
thumb|right|320px|A painting of the English romantic poet [[Thomas Chatterton, believed to have killed himself with arsenic in 1770]]
Suicide (Latin suicidium, from sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the intentional taking of one's own life. Many dictionaries also note the metaphorical sense of "willful destruction of one's self-interest" (e.g., "political suicide"). Suicide may occur for a number of reasons, including depression, shame, guilt, desperation, physical pain, emotional pressure, anxiety, financial difficulties, or other undesirable situations. The World Health Organization noted that over one million people commit suicide every year, and that it is one of the leading causes of death among teenagers and adults under 35. There are an estimated 10 to 20 million non-fatal attempted suicides every year worldwide.
Views on suicide have been influenced by cultural views on existential themes such as religion, honor, and the meaning of life. The Abrahamic religions consider suicide an offense towards God due to religious belief in the sanctity of life. In the West it was often regarded as a serious crime. Japanese views on honor and religion led to seppuku, one of the most painful methods of suicide, to be respected as a means to atone for mistakes or failure, or as a form of protest during the samurai era. In the 20th century, suicide in the form of self-immolation has been used as a form of protest, and in the form of kamikaze and suicide bombing as a military or terrorist tactic. Sati is a Hindu funeral practice in which the widow would immolate herself on her husband's funeral pyre, either willingly, or under pressure from the family and in-laws.
Explore everything named Suicide...
