International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP)

Offers 52 slides on depression and HIV, substance abuse, sexual abuse, risk assessment and prevention of suicide.

Discover this article written by Jeffrey T. Kirchner and published, in 1995, in the Journal of Family Practice. He concludes, "the high incidence of suicide in patients infected with HIV must be taken quite seriously."

NY Times reports suicide among AIDS patients in Switzerland dropped by more than 50 percent after they started getting antiretroviral drugs in 1996, a recent Swiss study has found.

Offers an article by Dr. J. Buzz von Ornsteiner that is subtitled "Trying to Make Sense of the Senseless."

View this resource that examines possible education strategies in Western Australian high schools in light of prevailing state statutes.

Read this article that questions if contracting HIV may be a form of suicide for some Gay and Bisexual male youth.

"This study examined the prevalence and characteristics of suicidal ideation among middle-aged and older persons who have HIV infection or AIDS."

Subtitled, "Implications for a Stress and Coping Model of Suicide," editorial by Adam W. Carrico, Ph.D., published in 2010, reveals "further research is clearly needed to examine the dynamic interplay among biological, social, and psychological factors in relation to suicide risk in HIV-positive persons."

David Leary, Assistant Director, Come In Youth Resource Centre, Paddington, Sydney, discusses youth at risk and HIV sero-positivity.

San Francisco Suicide Prevention offers locally and national support. Notes The AID/HIV Nightline responds to over 10,000 calls annually from all over the United States. See contact numbers.

Discover this BBC News item that reports a 15-year-old Indian boy, whose parents had HIV, was driven to suicide by the stigma associated with the virus.

Learn about this Nigerian film that addresses HIV infection, stigmatisation and suicide.

The suicide of a secondary school student in Kenya’s North Eastern Province after he was diagnosed as HIV positive has highlighted the shortage of qualified counsellors in the region.

AIDSMAP reports on a UK study of HIV patients at four clinics in London and one in Brighton has found that 31% reported having had suicidal thoughts over the previous week. Read for details.

South African Depression and Anxiety group offers this guide for those who are coping with HIV, AIDS and depression.

A four-year study of people with HIV and AIDS who live in rural America is painting a picture of isolation, depression and thoughts of suicide.

In this study the "prevalence, timing, and predictors of suicidal ideation and attempted suicide were evaluated in a sample of 207 HIV-positive women in New York City."

Study concludes that "patterns of adaptation to disease and appraisal of HIV infection, other than disease severity alone, represent significant predictors of suicidal ideation in this group of HIV-positive gay men."

Guideline notes the importance of routine mental health screening in the primary care setting, which can help identify patients who are at risk for suicide and enable them to receive treatment for the underlying cause of their suicidal behavior.

Pocket guide provides an overview of suicide in HIV including background information, differential diagnosis, risk assessment, intervention, and referral.