Teenagers are often more prone to experiencing signs and symptoms of depression, and the use of anti-depressants in this particular population has been the subject of much debate and study.
And while several drugs on the market are ...
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Madonna Badger, the woman who lost her three children and parents in a house fire over the Christmas season, has attempted suicide.
Badger's story is beyond sad. Her Connecticut abode caught fire on December 25, taking the lives ...
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A Staten Island teenager succumbed to her wounds today after throwing herself in front of a city bus with a suicide note attached. Amanda Diane Cummings, 15 lived on New York's Long Island and was described as ...
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Joe Bodolai, former writer for 'Saturday Night Live,' has committed suicide in a Hollywood hotel room.
Bodolai, 63, was found by room service staff at 1.30pm on Monday. He had already passed away from a lethal cocktail of ...
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In what may possibly be one of the most gruesome suicides we've ever reported an 18-year-old boy in Bolivia jumped into the piranha infested waters of the Yata River to take his own life.
According to witnesses Fisherman ...
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Fernando Brazier, 28, and girlfriend Trudian Hay, 26, had been dating since they were in high school and have two children together, however their journey took a sad turn on Saturday after the couple wed and hours ...
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Ruth Madoff, the wife of Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, revealed to CBS News that she and her husband were so deeply upset by the multi-million fraud that they planned to commit suicide on Christmas Eve in 2008.
Ruth said ...
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In a flamboyant suicide attempt, a math teacher set herself on fire in the middle of a school playground in southern France. The 44-year-old woman is expected to survive thanks to the help of her fellow teachers ...
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Three weeks ago Russell Armstrong commited suicide and that death sent ripples through the cast of Bravo's Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and now the ladies are opening up about the estranged husband of show star Taylor ...
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Oscar De La Hoya may have a "golden boy" image, but the former boxing champion admitted in a TV interview recently that he suffered from addiction, was unfaithful to his wife, and recently considered suicide.
De La Hoya, ...
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Vegas couple Patricia and Bruce Wright made a pact to take their own lives in front of the same Florida church where they wed 40 years ago.
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal the couple were discovered by the churches ...
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Dr. Jack Kevorkian, whose name became eventually fairly synonymous with assisted suicide, has died in a Michigan hospital at the age of 83.
Dr. Kevorkian, a medical pathologist, assisted in more 100 suicides in patients who were terminally ill ...
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Manhattan and the Boroughs of New York City are littered with snowed in cars, and police say once such snow-buried vehicle concealed the suicide of the vehicle's owner for nearly a week.
36-year-old Kevin Roman of Bayshore was ...
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Although it sounds like a plot point from a slapstick comedy, the BBC is reporting on it, so it's fairly safe to assume that police in Swansea, Wales employed a bouncy castle in an attempt to prevent ...
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If you're a fan of Gordan Ramsay's high-stress restaurant makeover reality show Kitchen Nightmares, you may recall the episode centering around Campania in Fair Lawn, New Jersey.
Current patrons say the restaurant, then heavily in debt and in ...
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It was almost one of those touching New York stories, where a fatally depressed young man's decision to take his own life ends with his against all odds survival and everyone is happy.
Everyone, that is, except the ...
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The medical student known as the "Craigslist Killer" due to meeting victims using the popular classifieds site, has died of an apparent suicide at the Massachusetts jail where he was being held.
23-year-old Philip Markoff was found in ...
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27-year-old Lee Kye-Hwa used microblogging service Twitter to post a sad, short message before taking his own life.
The former DJ, who police say was distraught over financial concerns, posted a 140 character suicide note:
"I'm going to commit ...
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The tragic story of child star Dana Plato has an even sadder addendum- her 25-year-old son Tyler Lambert has committed suicide.
Lambert's death came almost eleven years to the day on which his mother took her life after ...
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Phil Pagano, executive director of the Chicago-area Metra line, has died in an apparent suicide after walking in front of a Metra train.
Pagano was due to attend a hearing today to examine financial irregularities regarding his pay, ...
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21-year-old Yale student Cameron Dabaghi has been identified as the man who leapt from the Empire State Building to his death early yesterday evening.
Dabaghi, a junior at Yale, breached a safety barrier at around 6:15pm Tuesday on ...
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Sparklehorse singer Mark Linkous died on March 6th, his family has confirmed on his website.
A simple statement on Sparklehorse.com read:
From the Linkous Family: "It is with great sadness that we share the news that our dear friend ...
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