International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP)

Details the IASP Facebook Fan-Raising Weekend to be held on March 13th and 14th, 2010. The goal is to raise 50,000 IASP Facebook Fans in honour of the organization's 50th anniversary this year.

Provides a press release that reports on a paper published by the IASP, entitled, “Suicide and the economic depression: reflections on suicide during the Great Depression” which concludes that there was only a slight increase in deaths by suicide during the Great Depression.

Learn about the first-ever IASP Facebook Fan-Raising Weekend to be held on March 13th and 14th, 2010.

Press release details the first-ever IASP Facebook Fan-Raising weekend to be held on March 13th and 14th, 2010. The purpose of this online event is to raise 50,000 fans in honour of the organization's 50th anniversary this year.

The IASP will hold the first-ever Facebook Fan-Raising weekend on March 13th and 14th to help increase awareness of suicide prevention locally and worldwide and to raise 50,000 fans in honour of the organization's 50th anniversary.

The International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) has published a paper entitled, “Suicide and the economic depression: reflections on suicide during the Great Depression” which concludes that there was only a slight increase in deaths by suicide during the Great Depression.

Article notes "although such cases are making headlines, the link between suicides and a troubled economy isn’t as clear-cut, and other risk factors enter into the equation."

Details an IASP paper that notes that while there were widely publicized stories about suicide and the Great Depression, there was only a slight increase in deaths by suicide during the period. Also notes a listing of crisis centers available throughout the world.

Provides a press release distributed by the IASP about the downturn in the economy and suicide.

Read this press release that describes a paper published by the International Association for Suicide Prevention that discusses the relationship between suicide and economic downturn.

Offers a media release relating to the recent paper published by the IASP that offers hope during the current downturn of the economy and details asource for finding crisis centers available throughout the world.

The IASP will hold the first-ever Facebook Fan-Raising weekend on March 13th and 14th to help increase awareness of suicide prevention locally and worldwide and to raise 50,000 fans in honour of the organization's 50th anniversary.