suicide

Clues about the biological mechanisms that contribute to a person’s chance of contemplating or attempting suicide

The biochemical mechanisms in the brain underlying suicidal behavior are beginning to come to light, and researchers hope they could one day lead to better treatment and prevention strategies.

After a scientist at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg had a mental breakdown that may have contributed to her death in 2016, employees raise red flags about an unhealthy work environment.

Researchers link levels of a receptor in the brain to suicidal ideation in people with post-traumatic stress disorder.

The 51-year-old University of Cape Town researcher had been suffering from depression, and his death has prompted reflection on being a black academic in South Africa.

Police are calling the death of James Bradstreet, a physician who claimed vaccines cause autism and offered autism cures to patients, an apparent suicide.

Epigenetic and genetic changes in the SKA2 gene are correlated with suicidal behaviors, researchers show.

Researchers identify six biomarkers related to stress and cell death that can increase the accuracy of predictions about future suicidal behaviors.

A biomedical researcher whose Nature paper was called into question was found dead in his lab.
 

After the suicide of Reddit developer Aaron Swartz, JSTOR says it regrets being involved in the federal computer fraud case against him.  

Former NFL linebacker Junior Seau commits suicide. Is head injury-induced dementia to blame?

Researchers identify a gene that is more likely to be carried by people who are suicidal than depressed individuals who are not.