CDC: Suicides among middle-aged spikes
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The suicide rate among middle-aged Americans has reached its highest point in at least 25 years, a new government report said Thursday.
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Experts are questioning a studyâs linking a 2004 increase in the suicide rate for children and adolescents to a warning by drug regulators about the use of antidepressants in minors.
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Suicides among children and young adults rose by an alarming 8 percent in 2004, the largest rise in 15 years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday.
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BEING born to a teenage mother can double a personâs risk of committing suicide, new research has claimed. Such people were twice as likely to kill themselves in later life than those whose mothers gave
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American Indian and Alaska Native youth 15 to 24 years old are committing suicide at a rate more than three times the national average for their age group.
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More people kill themselves each   year than die from wars and murders combined, but most suicides   could be prevented, two international experts on suicide said   on Friday.
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BETHESDA, Maryland Top officials of the Food and Drug Administration have acknowledged for the first time that antidepressants appeared to lead some children and teenagers to become suicidal.
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That&#39;s the conclusion of a study in the most recent issue of The Lancet that found if you were born to a teenage mother or had a low birth weight, the odds are higher that you might commit suicide as a teenager or young adult.
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WASHINGTON -- Treatment with antidepressants increases the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior in patients up to age 24, according to proposed changes to the drugs' labels unveiled Wednesday by health officials.
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Some local doctors are not thrilled with a national study on anti-depression. The Food and Drug Administration says drugs, like Prozac and Paxil, can increase the chances of suicide among children and teens.
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Â· Rise in suicides to one-third of all deaths Â· Campaign group blames overcrowding Â· Mentally ill inmates 'need care, not punishment'
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A U.S. government medical reviewer told an advisory panel Monday that new findings confirmed his conclusion months ago that certain antidepressants increase the chances of suicidal behavior among children and teens.
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The suicide rate among 45-to-54-year-olds increased nearly 20 percent from 1999 to 2004.
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A sharp increase in the number of middle-aged people drinking themselves to death was revealed yesterday
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WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) will examine clinical trial data for thousands of depressed adults to see if they, like children, suffered increased suicidal thoughts and behaviors while taking antidepressants.
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Antidepressant use among children  declined 10 percent in 2004, after U.S. regulators warned the  drugs may be linked with increased suicide risk, pharmacy  benefits firm Medco Health Solutions said on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - Teens with a friend who commits  suicide are at risk of an intense reaction called traumatic  grief, which in turn renders them prone to subsequent mental  disturbances, new research shows.