International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP)

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."

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.

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.

This paper reviews the literature on suicide in patients with HIV disease and discusses methodological problems encountered in studying the incidence of suicide in this population.

Become familiar with this study that examined the risk of suicide among individuals positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) following screening for evidence of HIV infection.

Study by B.L.Meel suggests that suicide rates have risen in parallel to the rise in mortality due to HIV/AIDS. Read for details.