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Offers resources with information about suicide and suicidal behaviour and its causes, prevention and treatment.
Discusses who is most at risk for suicide, examines myths and facts about youth suicide, lists warning signs, provides facts and statistics, and offers advice to parents. Includes links to related resources.
Source: Canadian Health Network
Suicide is a tragic loss of life. It also affects anyone who knows the victim and has a profound impact on the morale of all who are aware of the event.
Source: Department of National Defence
Describes major mental illnesses and outlines their incidence and prevalence, causation, impact, stigma, and prevention and treatment. Includes chapters on mood disorders, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, eating disorders, and suicidal behaviour.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Update of the 1987 report. Reviews current knowledge about the epidemiology of suicide, provides mortality data from 1950 to 1992, and discusses issues in prevention, intervention, postvention and data collection.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
The incidence of suicide among the populations of the Northwest Territories (NWT) is notably higher than in the rest of Canada.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Provides Canadian statistics on suicides, and suicide rate, by sex, by age group.
Source: Statistics Canada
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