International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) - Resources: Groups at Risk - HIV / AIDS
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| AETC National Resource Center - HIV and Suicide Offers 52 slides on depression and HIV, substance abuse, sexual abuse, risk assessment and prevention of suicide. - Read more http://www.aids-ed.org/aidsetc?page=etres-display&resource=etres-446 | |
| AIDS and 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." - Read more http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0689/is_n5_v41/ai_17815454/ | |
| Antiretroviral Drugs Cut Suicide Rate in Swiss AIDS Patients, a Study Finds 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. - Read more http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/health/15global.html | |
| Body, The - After a Suicide Offers an article by Dr. J. Buzz von Ornsteiner that is subtitled "Trying to Make Sense of the Senseless." - Read more http://www.thebody.com/bp/mar02/suicide.html | |
| Combating Lesbian and Gay Youth Suicide and HIV/AIDS Transmission Rates View this resource that examines possible education strategies in Western Australian high schools in light of prevailing state statutes. - Read more http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v5n4/kendall54nf.html | |
| Contracting HIV. . . A Suicide Problem? Read this article that questions if contracting HIV may be a form of suicide for some Gay and Bisexual male youth. - Read more http://www.youth-suicide.com/gay-bisexual/news/aids.htm | |
| Depression and Thoughts of Suicide Among Middle-Aged and Older Persons Living With HIV-AIDS "This study examined the prevalence and characteristics of suicidal ideation among middle-aged and older persons who have HIV infection or AIDS." - Read more http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/51/7/903 | |
| Elevated Suicide Rate Among HIV-Positive Persons Despite Benefits of Antiretroviral Therapy 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." - Read more http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/167/2/117 | |
| Fast cars don't kill me: Marginalized young people, HIV and Suicide David Leary, Assistant Director, Come In Youth Resource Centre, Paddington, Sydney, discusses youth at risk and HIV sero-positivity. - Read more http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/creees/_files/pdf/curriculum/suicide/suicide_ppt.ppt.pps | |
| HIV NIGHTLINE 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. - Read more http://www.sfsuicide.org/our-programs/hiv-nightlines/ | |
| HIV stigma drives India suicide 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. - Read more http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5141100.stm | |
| Ireti: Of HIV infection, stigmatisation and suicide Learn about this Nigerian film that addresses HIV infection, stigmatisation and suicide. - Read more http://www.nigeriafilms.com/content.asp?contentid=3835&ContentTypeID=7 | |
| Kenyan Student’s Suicide Reveals Gaps In HIV Education 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. - Read more http://kenvironews.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/kenyan-students-suicide-reveals-gaps-in-hiv-education/ | |
| Nearly one in three UK HIV patients has considered suicide in the previous week (revised) 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. - Read more http://www.aidsmap.com/news/Nearly-one-in-three-UK-HIV-patients-has-considered-suicide-in-the-previous-week-revised/page/1431848/ | |
| SADAG - HIV, AIDS, Depression and Suicide South African Depression and Anxiety group offers this guide for those who are coping with HIV, AIDS and depression. - Read more http://www.sadag.co.za/index.php/Suicide/-HIV-AIDS-Depression-and-Suicide.html | |
| Study of HIV in Rural America Paints Picture of Suicide, Isolation 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. - Read more http://www.cas.ohiou.edu/news/News_template.asp?link=StudyHIV | |
| Suicidal Ideation and Attempted Suicide Among Women Living With HIV/AIDS 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." - Read more http://www.springerlink.com/content/h53341k722148694/ | |
| Suicidal Ideation, Suicide Attempts, and HIV Infection 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." - Read more http://psy.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/39/5/405 | |
| Suicidality and Violence in Patients with HIV/AIDS 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. - Read more http://www.hivguidelines.org/GuidelineDocuments/m-suicidality.pdf | |
| Suicide and HIV Pocket guide provides an overview of suicide in HIV including background information, differential diagnosis, risk assessment, intervention, and referral. - Read more http://www.aids-etc.org/aidsetc?page=etres-display&resource=etres-359 | |
| Suicide and HIV disease 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. - Read more http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8110854?dopt=Abstract | |
| Suicide and HIV Infection 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. - Read more http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/276/21/1743 | |
| Suicide and HIV/AIDS in Transkei, South Africa 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. - Read more http://www.geradts.com/anil/ij/vol_004_no_001/papers/paper001.html | |
| Suicide Risk and Pain in Cancer and AIDS Patients William Breitbart details, "There is increased risk of suicide in persons with AIDS. A study of men with AIDS in New York City demonstrated a relative risk of suicide 36 times greater than that of males in the general population. - Read more http://www.painresearch.utah.edu/cancerpain/ch04.html | |
| Thoughts of suicide among HIV-infected rural persons enrolled in a telephone-delivered mental health intervention This study characterized rates and predictors of suicidal thoughts among HIV-infected persons living in rural communities of eight U.S. states. - Read more http://www.springerlink.com/content/132vk98565467063/fulltext.pdf | |
