Suicide rate rises in hot weather


	Suicide rate rises in hot weather

invictus

8-1-2007 8:53 AM

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weather, heatwave, health, suicide

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8-1-2007 11:20 PM

willhelm

Tell that to people in Seattle.

8-8-2007 2:55 PM

bigshoulders

cue Siouxsie and the Banshees "93 Degrees"

8-8-2007 2:57 PM

bigshoulders

whoops, that would be "92 Degrees"

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					Suicide rate rises in hot weather
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				<DIV class="cap">Sunny weather: Not good news for all</DIV>
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			</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><B>The damp summer may have made us all miserable, but research suggests it is hot weather that really tips us over the edge.</B>
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6925882.stm"><FONT size="2">A team from London's Institute of Psychiatry found that suicide rates go up during hot weather.
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6925882.stm"><FONT size="2">Analysis of more than 50,000 suicides in England and Wales between 1993 and 2003 showed the suicide rate rose when average daily temperatures topped 18C.
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