suicide

All epilepsy drugs carry a warning about an increased risk of suicidal behavior, but only certain newer medications could be connected to the hazard, a newly published study suggests. In a study of 44,300 UK patients who used epilepsy drugs between 1990 and 2005, researchers found an increased...

In what has to be one of the strangest financial incentives ever, and one that must be unintended, Foxconn Technology in China is paying six to 10 years of gross salary to families of its workers who commit suicide at the factory. The payments of as much as $15,000, according to a New York Times...

A disturbing string of suicides at Foxconn's massive factory complex in Shenzhen, China, continues to draw international attention. Companies like Apple, HP and Sony, whose products are assembled by Foxconn, are now on alert and have launched a probe into the factory's working conditions.

Something is amiss in the land of leisurely lunches and six-week-plus paid vacations. The French, known more for their joie de vivre than workaholism, are in a crisis after a series of job-related suicides at several top corporations -- including a shocking 25 deaths at France Télécom...

James S. McDonald, the CEO of money-management firm Rockefeller & Co., died Sunday from an apparently self-inflicted wound. McDonald, who also sat on the board of the NYSE Euronext, the giant stock exchange, was 56 years old. In a statement obtained by the Wall Street Journal Monday night,...

Workplace deaths are down 10 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Unfortunately, the number of suicides jumped 28 percent in 2008, the last year or which data is available. A total of 5,071 fatalities occurred in the workplace in 2008. This is the lowest rate since the BLS...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that workplace suicides surged 28% in 2008 -- perhaps driven by financial stress, job insecurity, and the extraordinary pressure that so many Americans have found themselves under.Overall though, the death on the job news is good. Workplace fatalities fell by...

As the recession continues, it often seems that male workers are bearing the brunt of the downturn. Yesterday's announcement of David B. Kellerman's suicide highlights part of the impact that the economy is having on men, but hints at a societal shift whose effects may linger long after the...

The reported suicide of acting Freddie Mac (FRE) Chief Financial Officer David Kellermann puts a human face on the damage the recession has taken on the American psyche. Kellermann, 41, apparently was uneasy about the publicity he got after it was reported that he received an $800,000 bonus from...

In what seems like a headline from The Onion, Ohio has directed $1.5 million of its stimulus money toward the construction of an anti-suicide barrier on the All American Bridge in Akron Ohio. The bridge, which has seen three suicides in the past two years, will get the new fencing as part of a...