Read more suicide rate stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/23387/suicide-rate.html2010 - Newseren-usNewser Feed Generator2010-03-18T11:42:15http://www.newser.com/story/77388/s-koreans-play-dead-at-coffin-academy.htmlAt the Coffin Academy, South Koreans pay $25 each to write their own tombstone epitaphs, bid loved ones goodbye, then climb into caskets in a candlelit chapel and play dead for 10 minutes. The entrepreneurs who guide this death simulation say it motivates people to improve their lives; critics counter...http://www.newser.com/story/77388/s-koreans-play-dead-at-coffin-academy.html2010-01-04T16:43:50http://www.newser.com/story/74587/suicide-rate-rising.htmlThe suicides this year of a Freddie Mac boss overwhelmed by investigations into his company and a banker whose firm lost $1.5 billion in the Madoff scandal offer two high-profile examples of a trend confirmed by recent data: the US suicide rate is rising in the wake of the...http://www.newser.com/story/74587/suicide-rate-rising.html2009-11-23T10:49:30http://www.newser.com/story/57845/lithium-in-water-cuts-suicide-rate.htmlPeople in areas where the tap water contains lithium are less likely to kill themselves, according to a new Japanese study. The researchers found that the element—used in high doses to treat mood disorders—appeared to "significantly" reduce the suicide rate even when only tiny amounts of it were...http://www.newser.com/story/57845/lithium-in-water-cuts-suicide-rate.html2009-05-02T12:26:14http://www.newser.com/story/50318/will-the-recession-drive-up-suicides.htmlAmerica is reeling from the financial crisis, and the psychological strain has analysts carefully watching national suicide rates, Time reports. Though three high-profile European businessmen took their own lives recently, suicide rates have held steady at 11 per 100,000 people; during the Great Depression, they spiked at 17 per...http://www.newser.com/story/50318/will-the-recession-drive-up-suicides.html2009-02-09T19:31:01http://www.newser.com/story/45733/under-the-tree-medical-myths.htmlBending and breaking under holiday stress? Relax! The British Medical Journal has bah-humbugged six holiday health myths, the New York Times reports: Night eating makes you fat: Calories are calories. When you eat doesn't matter; it's what you eat. Poinsettias are perilous: Reported cases of human poinsettia consumption: 22,793....http://www.newser.com/story/45733/under-the-tree-medical-myths.html2008-12-22T00:21:00http://www.newser.com/story/40480/suicide-rate-soars-for-middle-aged.htmlA sharp rise in the number of middle-aged white people taking their own lives has driven up the US suicide rate by nearly 5% since 1999, the Los Angeles Times reports. Experts are baffled by the nearly 16% hike in this group, but speculate that prescription drug abuse, a drop...http://www.newser.com/story/40480/suicide-rate-soars-for-middle-aged.html2008-10-21T10:02:44http://www.newser.com/story/28782/soldier-suicides-set-record.htmlThe Army recorded it highest ever number of suicides last year, with 115 soldiers killing themselves, Reuters reports. The rate is staying high this year, with 38 soldier suicides so far. The military said the statistics showed no direct link between the increase in suicides and repeated deployments to combat...http://www.newser.com/story/28782/soldier-suicides-set-record.html2008-05-30T08:51:52http://www.newser.com/story/22578/suicide-kills-more-la-cops-than-criminals.htmlCops in Los Angeles are more likely to die by their own hand than from a criminal's bullet, the Los Angeles Times reports. Psychologists trying to improve the LAPD's suicide prevention efforts found that 19 police officers in the city killed themselves between 1998 and 2007, while just seven died...http://www.newser.com/story/22578/suicide-kills-more-la-cops-than-criminals.html2008-03-26T10:59:49http://www.newser.com/story/19425/suicides-spike-among-middle-aged.htmlSuicide rates among middle-aged Americans have spiked dramatically in recent years, in contrast to flat or declining rates in younger and older demographics, mystifying experts, reports the New York Times . For people 45 to 54, the rate jumped 20% between 1999 and 2004; for women, the increase was 31%. Theories...http://www.newser.com/story/19425/suicides-spike-among-middle-aged.html2008-02-19T16:10:00