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The Encyclopedia of Suicide, 2Nd Revised Edition (Facts on File THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SUICIDE Second Edition THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SUICIDE Second Edition Glen Evans Norman L. Farberow, Ph.D. Kennedy Associates Foreword by Alan L. Berman, Ph.D. Executive Director, American Association of Suicidology The Encyclopedia of Suicide, Second Edition Copyright © 2003 by Margaret M. Evans All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, elec- tronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval sys- tems, without permission in writing from the publisher. For information contact: Facts On File, Inc. 132 West 31st Street New York NY 10001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Evans, Glen The encyclopedia of suicide / Glen Evans, Norman L. Farberow.—2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8160-4525-9 1. Suicide—Dictionaries. 2. Suicide—United States—Dictionaries. 3. Suicide—United States—Statistics. 4. Suicide victims—Services for—United States—Directories. 5. Suicide victims—Services for— Canada—Directories. I. Farberow, Norman L. II. Title. III. Series. HV6545 .E87 2003 362.28'03—dc21 2002027166 Facts On File books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk quantities for businesses, associations, institutions, or sales promotions. Please call our Special Sales Department in New York at (212) 967-8800 or (800) 322-8755. You can find Facts On File on the World Wide Web at http://www.factsonfile.com Text and cover design by Cathy Rincon Printed in the United States of America VB FOF 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is printed on acid-free paper. The man who kills a man kills a man. The man who kills himself kills all men. As far as he is concerned, he wipes out the world. —G. K. Chesterton h The great tragedy of life is not death, but what dies inside of us while we live. —Norman Cousins h That life is worth living is the most necessary of assumptions, and were it not assumed, the most impossible of conclusions. —George Santayana CONTENTS Foreword ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: The History of Suicide xv Entries A–Z 1 Appendixes 251 Bibliography 303 Index 307 FOREWORD hy an encyclopedia of suicide? What is it tially productive lives and cost this country an Wthat the average teenager or young or estimated $11 billion annually. Suicides repre- older adult needs to know about suicide? The sent our collective failure to observe and help answers to these questions are both simple and our fellow human in distress. complex. Suicide, although ultimately a very private In the decade 1990–99, more than 300,000 act, is a serious public health problem. It is signif- people in the United States took their own life. icant enough for our nation’s chief physician— In the same decade, an estimated 8 million the U.S. Surgeon General—to have issued a worldwide died by their own hand. National Strategy for Suicide Prevention in 2001. It is Each and every year, suicide accounts for far significant enough for the Institute of Medicine more deaths than both homicide and AIDS and to have issued in 2002 a report entitled Reducing HIV-related diseases in the United States and far Suicide: A National Imperative. Note the word more than are caused by wars around the world. imperative. In China, the most populous country in the These reports remind us that we know world, suicide is the leading cause of death. enough to approach suicide as a preventable Each year in the United States, almost 20 per- problem. With information such as the reader cent of high school students consider suicide— will find in this volume, and the willingness to and almost half that number report that they partner with those who have the tools to help, made an actual suicide attempt. Across all ages, suicide prevention is everyone’s business. more than 650,000 people in the United States Suicide is a complicated subject; as the French receive emergency medical care each year after novelist and playwright Albert Camus (1913–60) trying to take their own life. wrote, it is “the only truly serious philosophical Suicide and suicidal behaviors know no problem.” It is the province of public health and boundaries. They are tragic outcomes to prob- mental health, of biology and sociology, of psy- lems affecting the young and the old, the rich chology and religion. We have no single unifying and the poor, males and females, whites and theory of why a person takes his or her own life, blacks and Native Americans. They are tragedies and yet we have a treasure trove of empirical that, for the most part, need not happen. studies to help us reasonably understand the Suicides leave family members and friends, many answers to that question. classmates and teachers, coworkers and neigh- There is no one type of suicidal person, yet bors emotionally wounded—some for many, across cultures and personality types we know many years. Suicides rob our society of poten- much to describe risk for and protection from ix x The Encyclopedia of Suicide the urge to self-harm. This volume is a starting mote an investment of energy to make the dif- point for the reader to explore the complexity of ference in the life of a potential suicide. suicide and better understand what is known. In —Alan Berman, Ph.D. turn, we trust that this understanding will pro- Executive Director, American Association of Suicidology PREFACE uicide is a tragic and potentially preventable state and international statistics on suicide have Spublic health problem that is currently the been completely updated. eighth leading cause of death in the United In addition, the book discusses the latest States. About 11 of every 100,000 Americans research into the alleged link between certain commit suicide each year, and about half a mil- drugs and suicidal behavior, such as Prozac and lion others are treated in hospital emergency Accutane. Most of the biographies of famous rooms as a result of attempted suicide. individuals throughout history who committed Many Americans believe that urban violence suicide have been expanded and enlarged, and and murder are the country’s most pressing recent suicides by well-known individuals (such problems, but what most people do not realize is as Kurt Cobain and Vince Foster) have been that while it may seem that the pages of news- added. Other all-new topics include papers are filled with murder stories, in fact there are 50 percent more deaths by suicide than • gender differences in suicide by homicide. The very old and the very young • suicide bombers are most at risk. • ethnicity and suicide In May 2002, Surgeon General David Satcher • mass suicide launched a national campaign to combat this • different types of suicide (such as gestured sui- problem, seeking to create suicide-prevention cide, love pact suicide, penacide, agenerative programs in schools, on the job, in prisons, old- suicide, altruistic suicide, and so on) age facilities, and community service groups. • suicide by cop This book has been designed as a guide and • specific jobs and suicide reference to a wide range of terms related to sui- • murder-suicide cide and to additional information and addresses • new organizations of organizations that deal with this topic. It is not • psychological tests, such as Suicidal Ideation a substitute for prompt assessment and treatment by Questionnaire experts trained in crisis management, depression, and • school violence and suicide the diagnosis of suicidal thoughts or behavior. In this new, revised edition, we have tried to In addition to the all-new entries, almost present the latest information in the field, based every entry has been revised and extensively on the newest research and statistics. Readers updated to include the newest information on will learn the latest developments in a range of statistics, publications, and events in the field topics, including suicide and the law, physician- of suicidology. Likewise, appendixes have been assisted suicide, and the right to die. All state-by- completely updated, including all addresses and xi xii The Encyclopedia of Suicide phone numbers for organizations, together with not true that suicidal thoughts are simply threats new Internet websites. or cries for attention. A suicidal threat is a med- Information in this book comes from the most ical emergency and should be promptly referred up-to-date sources available and includes the to mental health professionals, crisis hotlines, or most recent research in the field of suicidology. crisis counselors. A bibliography has been provided for readers —Carol Turkington who seek additional sources of information. All Kennedy Associates entries are cross-referenced, and appendices Cumru, Pennsylvania provide additional information. Incidences of suspected or threatened suicidal attempts should never be ignored, because it is ACKNOWLEDGMENTS o book is written or revised in a vacuum, tion, the Association for Death Education and Nand there are many groups and individuals Counseling, the Center for Suicide Research and to thank who provided invaluable help during Prevention, the Center for Thanatology Re- the revision of this book. search and Education, Compassionate Friends, Thanks to the staffs of the American Associa- CONTACT USA, Dying with Dignity, Lifekeepers tion of Suicidology, the American Psychological Foundation, the National Alliance for the Men- Association, the American Psychiatric Associa- tally Ill, San Francisco Suicide Prevention Cen- tion, Profnet, the Hemlock Society, the National ter, SA/VE, and SOLO. Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Con- Thanks also to Lanny Berman; my agents, trol and Prevention, the National Library of Bert Holtje and Gene Brissie; my editor, James Medicine, the American Foundation for Suicide Chambers, for patient editing; and Sarah Fogarty, Prevention, the American Sociological Associa- for handling details so well.
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