Suicide and homicide

Areas with high income inequality and low average income had an excess mortality of 139.8 deaths per 100000, compared with areas with low inequality and high income. In 1995, the magnitude of this mortality difference was comparable to the combined loss of life from lung cancer, diabetes, motor crashes, HIV, suicide, and homicide combined (Lynch et al., 1998, p. 1079). 

Finally, one of the most difficult types of crises to address is the death of a client. People with drug problems often lead very risky lives, and the threat of death may be ever present with such clients. People who use drugs are at risk from infectious diseases such as hepatitis and AIDS, from suicide and homicide, and from accidents. The saddest events in my professional career have been associated with losing a client. Such losses burden professionals, who may assume some level of responsibility for the death or may feel a sense of loss in not being able to meet with the client any more. Be aware that caregivers sometimes need care themselves, and this is one particular situation in which that may be true. Do not be shy about seeking help if you feel that the death of a client has adversely affected your professional or personal life. 

Hundreds of deaths associated with parathion exposure have been reported. These deaths have resulted from accidental, suicidal, and homicidal poisonings. It has been the cause of most crop worker poisonings in the United States. Fatal human poisonings have resulted from ingestion, skin exposure, and inhalation (with varying degrees of skin exposure). 

Neuropsychiatric events Life-threatening or fatal neuropsychiatric events, including suicide, suicidal and homicidal ideation, depression, relapse of drug addiction/overdose, and aggressive behavior have occurred in patients with and without a previous psychiatric disorder during peginterferon alfa-2b treatment and follow-up. Psychoses, hallucinations, bipolar disorders, and mania have been observed in patients treated with alpha interferons. 

The most popular era for homicidal arsenic poisoning occurred prior to the development of modern, accurate chemical analysis techniques. However, up-to-date information on the relative concentrations of arsenic in tissue samples is available in a number of cases of industrial, suicidal and homicidal exposure to arsenic. 

The main cases of poisoning have been as a result of its use in preparations for killing pests such as cockroaches and rats. In the first half of the twentieth century several hundred accidental poisonings, suicides, and homicides were due to the use of Zelio paste (containing thallium... 

S teen minutes. Noise can also induce mental states that lead to suicide and homicide. In Great Britain, anti-noise campaigners are keeping a count of the number of crime- related deaths that occur each year traceable to a re-spouse to noise, z... 

The manufacturer notes that the AUC of nevirapine was increased by 26% by clarithromycin, when compared with historical controls. The AUC of clarithromycin was reduced by 31% and the AUC of its hydroxy metabolite was increased by 42%. - A man developed hyperactivity (poor concentration, anxiety, suicidal and homicidal ideation) when taking clarithromycin and antiretroviral drugs, including nevirapine. This was thought to be due to aceumulation of the hydroxy metabolite of clarithromycin. ... 

In 488 children and adolescents (aged 7-17 years) with an anxiety disorder who were randomized to 12 weeks of sertraline up to 200 mg/day, cognitive behavioral therapy, the combination of these, or placebo, suicidal and homicidal ideation were no more common with sertraline than placebo no child attempted suicide [9 ]. 

Modi D, Bhalavat R, Patterson 2nd JC. Suicidal and homicidal behaviors related to dextromethorphan abuse in a middle-aged woman. J Addict Med Mar-Apr 2013 7(2) 143-4. 

The suicides and homicides described appeared to have used medical insulin, that is, insulin intended for use in human diabetic patients. There appears to be no evidence that veterinary insulin has been used for nefarious purposes but as the various veterinary preparations are similar to or indeed identical to insulin used in human medical practice, the potential for abuse and misuse clearly exits. 

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