...the root causes of suicide among married women in Chitral Khyber Pakhtunkhawa(KPK), Pakistan, based on the experiences of family members of women who committed suicide. This thesis is divided into five chapters. Chapter one begins with the issues of a gradual increase in the numbers of suicides among the people, including women, in the rural areas of Pakistan. Moreover, chapter one highlights the contributing factors at the global, national, and regional level, and provides a background of the study. In addition, chapter one also contains the purpose, questions, significance, and context of the research. Chapter two presents the literature review pertinent to the study....
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..."More than 400 police officers have participated in the study to date, with the researchers aiming for 500. The clinical examination involves questionnaires on lifestyle and psychological factors such as depression and PTSD, in addition to measures of bone density and body composition, ultrasounds of brachial and carotid arteries, salivary cortisol samples and blood samples. The officers also wear a small electronic device to measure the quantity and quality of sleep throughout a typical police shift cycle. Results from Violanti's pilot studies have shown, among other findings, that officers over age 40 had a higher 10-year risk of a coronary event compared to average national standards; 72 percent of female officers and 43 percent of male officers, had higher-than-recommended cholesterol levels; and police officers as a group had higher-than-average pulse rates and diastolic blood pressure. The investigation's two most recent studies report on the effect of shift work on stress and suicide risk in police officers, and on male/female differences in stress and possible signs of cardiovascular disease. Results of the shift work pilot study, involving 115 randomly selected officers, showed that suicidal thoughts were higher in women working the day shift, and in men working the afternoon/night shifts. The findings appear online in the October issue of the American Journal of Industrial Medicine. Data showed that 23 percent of male and 25 percent of female officers reported...
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...One current method that addresses the problem of the dramatically increasing adolescent suicide rates, is the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which is a way of providing emotional support for teenagers and all people. This lifeline is a phone number one can call or an online chat one can engage in, in to order to get emotional support, have someone hear their story, and teach the help-seeker about the resources where he or she can get help. The conversations are entirely confidential, but if one is actively suicidal or trying to hurt himself or herself, the police may be called for their safety. This is an very beneficial form of support because at your most discouraged and disheartened times, it can be hard to reach out to people very...
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...“Suicide” is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. There is always hope. Suicide Warning Signs If you or someone you know exhibits several of the suicide warning signs listed below, immediate action is required, so take action. Thank you. Suicide Warning Signs: * Appearing depressed or sad most of the time. (Untreated depression is the number one cause for suicide.) * Talking or writing about death or suicide. * Withdrawing from family and friends. * Feeling hopeless. * Feeling helpless. * Feeling strong anger or rage. * Feeling trapped -- like there is no way out of a situation. * Experiencing dramatic mood changes. * Abusing drugs or alcohol. * Exhibiting a change in personality. * Acting impulsively. * Losing interest in most activities. * Experiencing a change in sleeping habits. * Experiencing a change in eating habits. * Losing interest in most activities. * Performing poorly at work or in school. * Giving away prized possessions. * Writing a will. * Feeling excessive guilt or shame. * Acting recklessly. It should be noted that some people who die by suicide do not show any suicide warning signs. But about 75 percent of those who die by suicide do exhibit some suicide warning signs, so we need to be aware of what the suicide warning signs are and try to spot them in people. If we do see someone exhibiting suicide warning signs, we need to do everything that we can to help them. Always take...
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...On the night of August 4, 1962, Marilyn Monroe died of an overdose of Nembutal, a Barbiturate. She was found lying naked in her bed, face down, clutching the phone tightly in her hand. There were several empty bottles of sleeping pills on the table next to her bed. Her housekeeper, Eunice Murray, had been there all night. Around 3:30 a.m., August 5th, she became alarmed that Marilyn's light was still on and that the door was locked. She called Marilyn's psychiatrist, Dr. Ralph Greenson, and he immediately rushed over. When he arrived they looked in Marilyn's window and saw her lying on the bed. They then proceeded to break into her room, and when they found out she was dead they called the police. The coroner pronounced it probable suicide. This is the official version of what happened. But one must also take into consideration the cover-up, the conflicting stories of what happened, and the inefficiency with which the investigation was carried out. Marilyn Monroe did not die by her own hand, it was someone else's. Who killed her? Was it the Kennedy’s or the Mafia? What reasons did anyone have for killing Marilyn Monroe? Did she know too much? Was she a security risk? Was her death used to blackmail the Kennedys? Whoever the person, whatever the motive, Marilyn was dead, and it was due to foul play. The man who performed the autopsy on Marilyn was Dr. Noguchi. His report stated that her blood contained 8 milligrams percent chloral hydrate, and her liver contained 13 milligrams...
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...poem that explains a scene in which a man wants to commit suicide by jumping off a building, but in the end police officers make him rethink his decision. The man is described as being on the ledge of a building when officers rushed towards him and prevented him from jumping. The poem portrays many issues including, setting, theme and symbolism that aids in comprehending the author’s purpose. Immediately, the title of the poem gives us a clue of the setting. Summer Solstice means it was the longest day of the year. New York is one of the most populated and busiest cities in the United States, making it fairly easy for one to feel lonely and unimportant like the man in the poem. When the...
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...and he felt uncomfortable. In one situation the staff continued on with their job and ignored the patient, this is when the patient spirals out of control. When we you use kindness and compassion in this situation the nurse asks everyone to leave besides one other and explains the procedures and line of events that will be taking place while he is in the emergency room. The patient then reacts in a calmly manner in response to the nurse using kindness and compassion. The patient states that the situation was much more calm and he felt less anxious once the procedures was explained and there weren’t multiple people in the room performing said number of tasks. Mary also stated that only 15% of police department teach crisis intervention, with the growing number of mental illnesses the police department...
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...Understanding Society – SOSC 1850 Notes Lecture 1 Common Question Answers 1) Britain and US highest teenage pregnancy 2) 36% of US believe in Aliens 3) Suicides highest number of deaths 4) 60% of gun related were suicides 5) False not double stress of US that results in higher rates of suicide 6) Over 65 most suicides 7) Canada and Australia have highest kidnapping rates 8) Sweden highest rape rate 9) ¾ steal in office 10) False couples live tgt more satisfied 11) True, Womens brain are smaller 12) 11 women in legco 13) Plumber is a women 14) Margaret Thatcher did Chemistry for undergraduate Lecture 2 What is Sociology? - The big picture. * The group, culture, of organization, rather than the individual. Lots of people talk about society, but are they sociologists? No they are individualistic thinkers. They talk about individual people and cases instead of the group. Individualistic thinking at Universities: Professors award individual students with grades based on their ‘individual’ merits. What would the SOCIOLOGIST ask? Do some students have to work to earn money? Do some students have to spend time commuting to campus (no dorms!)? Do some students have family responsibilities.? Do some courses/majors have more generous grading procedures than others? Why are there more A students now than there were twenty years ago??? When and Why did sociological thinking begin? SOCRATES: “An unexamined life is not worth living...
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...limitations of using qualitative documents as a means for investigating suicide. Those who commit suicide may often leave a suicide note. The suicide note is a type of qualitative document. On the qualitative document it may show or explain the reason why they are committing suicide or what has happened to them. This is the closest researchers will get to receiving information from the actor as they will no longer be with us by the time the suicide note is found. However, the suicide note may be concealed by relatives or friends. In reference to item C, “The loss of someone through suicide often results in strong responses and emotions.” “Many of the friends and relatives will be in a state of shock and grief.” Due to the grief they are now experiencing once finding the suicide note they may destroy it to hide the meaning of their death, or hold onto it before higher authorities such as police of forensics get hold of it as they may find it too personal to expose the actor. Qualitative data such as documents may be hard for a researcher to gain access to. Types of qualitative data such as their medical notes would be confidential, therefore not for a researcher to look at. The medical notes may play a key part in their research for suicide to see whether there were any mental health problems or illnesses which may have made the actor commit suicide. In reference to item C, “Not all people who die by suicide have mental health problems”. Knowing whether they did or did not would...
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...anti ragging Ragging in India is a damaging form of interaction of the seniors in college or school with the juniors or the newcomers or the first years. It is similar to but not same as hazing in the United States, it is not an initiation. It involves insults (simple or suggestive sexual, sarcastic and even physical), running errands for seniors, and many other complex activities. Highly reputed Indian colleges have a wistful history of ragging especially Medical colleges. It has become increasingly unpopular due to several complaints of serious injury to the victims and strict laws regarding ragging. Ragging is now defined as an act that violates or is perceived to violate an individual student's dignity. History Since Ancient times Indian learning institutions taught about mutual respect in a respectfull and peacefull manner such as Takshashila ,Nalanda,Vikramshila,Jagaddala,Puspagiri Mahavihara etc.But as the time went, it resulted in the introduction of canning (ragging)i.e ill psycological tendency of judging others by insulting ,inflicting pain and sometimes practicing mental and physical torture which results in physical and mental damage.Initially it started in english colleges and universities but slowly and steadily it spread and corrupted almost entire indian educational institutions. The excuse was to teach the social hierarchy in early career, and also learn other important values in life as if they were mature enough know anything about values and hierarchy....
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...and better inform the world of the WTO and what it meant for earth as a whole. But as history shows, they were attacked with tear gas, pepper sprayed, shot with rubber bullets, and beaten. The movie, "Real Battle in Seattle", varied from what actually happened on November 30, 1999 even though its purpose was to accurately portray these events. Between the Hollywood version and the actual version a couple of things stick out. One of the main characters, Jay, was a key player in the organizing of this protest but it doesn't seem that he does it fully because of a belief against the WTO. It seems as if he does it out of revenge for his brother who was killed in the movie by some police at a different protest. This comes off to me as a viewer as if he's doing it partly out of hatred towards the police/government rather than because of an underlying belief that corporate globalization is wrong. Also, Django who was an activist portrayed in the movie, seemed more focused on the WTO's ruling against the Endangered Species Act which left sea turtles at harm towards the international fishing industry then he was towards the more major points at hand such as the injustices at companies such as Monsanto and Cargill and also towards patents that prevent third world countries from being able to obtain medicines and food necessary for survival. The other problem I had with the movie involved how the activists were portrayed. It made it seem as if these people were...
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...of the Detroit medical pathologist Dr. Jack Kevorkian. Doctor Kevorkian, known as Dr. Death, claimed to have helped 130 people commit suicide when terminally ill, died in Detroit. He was 83. Born in Pontiac, Michigan, to Armenian immigrants, Jacob...
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...Thinking and Reflecting This essays purpose is to present the concept keys that define sociological imagination, in Mills’ vision. I will also bring to discussion personal examples that are relevant to the topic of the essay. Their role will be to explain the way in which Mills thinking is reflected in everyday life. From the beginning he portrays the way people see themselves “Nowadays men and women often feel that their private lives are a series of traps.”(Mills, 1959:1). This traps represent an obstacle that cannot be overcome, mainly because their sources are the same decisions taken to improve the lifestyle. As they become more conscious of their surroundings , the more trapped they feel. The only solution is to find different ways to see the world, to understand how the changes that are happening in history and society, are affecting them. Only when people will be capable to make these connections, they will be able to free themselves. In Mills vision this is called sociological imagination and it “enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society.” (Mills, 1959:3). Sociological imagination is what “enables its possessor to understand the large historical scene in terms of its meaning for the inner life and the external career of a variety of individuals” (Mills, 1959:2) To be able reach it, people should find not only their place in history but also of those that have been in the same situation as them. They have to be able...
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...| Assisted Suicide | Canadian Studies | | | 12/3/2012 | | Rebecca Miller Canadian Studies 302-4:30-6:00 December 3, 2012 Canada Assisted Suicide Most places in the world have some sort of law about Euthanasia or physician-assisted Suicide. In Canada, it is against the law for a physician to aid a person in ending their own life (Criminal Code of Canada states in section 241(b ). Assisted Suicide is defined as suicide facilitated by another person, especially a physician, who organizes the logistics of the suicide, as by proving the necessary quantities of a poison. There are many people that are for and against assisted suicide; that is why this issue remains a sensitive and complex issue for many. Currently in Canada the books on both passive euthanasia (withholding of life-preserving procedures) and active euthanasia (assisted suicide) both forms are illegal. Recently in July, 2012 a British Columbia Supreme Court overturned the criminal code for Assisted Suicide citing that it unfairly infringes on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The court has given a reprieve to the legislature for a challenge or change in the law before it goes into effect. I will discuss both sides of the issue of Assisted Suicide and the relevant cases that came before the Canadian Courts past and the case that eventually swayed the Supreme Court to reverse the laws of the land. It used to be easy to define when one was dead, either when ones heart stop beating...
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...The suicide mass murder committed by Andreas Lubitz the copilot of the German wings airliner that crashed into mountains in France and killing everyone on board instantaneously. Andreas Lubitz suffered from a sever depression based on the anti depression found in his apartment. One of his ex-girlfriends talked about how he would wake from a nightmares screaming, “we are crashing, we are going to crash”. Also he said, “one day I’m going to do something to change the whole system and everyone will know my name” and remember it”. Andreas Lubitz was being seeing by a neuropsychologist for depression and this doctor gave bit a to note excusing him from work today of the crash. However Lubitz ignored the advice and tore up the note and threw it in the garbage. This evidence was found after his home was searched. Lubitz according to the Wall Street Journal, Lubitz eye difficulties were serious after ground him and investigators told the paper that an eye specialist had examined him. I think that this tragedy has a great impact on depression drugs used by Lubitz. The chemical imbalance in the brain, which really cannot prove that there is no blood test for mentally illness even the phrase mental illness itself, is a challenge. These drugs makers who produce these mental pills and especially the “Prozac” which was taken by Andreas Lubitz had an important impact in shaping his personality. Based on research that I have done online lately regarding this matter of “what makes someone give...
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