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D Lester

Publications and source records attributed to D Lester.

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PubMed1989

Changing rates of suicide by car exhaust in men and women in the United States after car exhaust was detoxified.

The rates of men and women committing suicide by using car exhaust responded differently to the imposition of emission controls on cars. The male rate dropped immediately after emission controls were imposed, whereas that of females continued to rise. Eventually both rates dropped until the early 1980s, whereupon they began to rise again slightly. The implications of these findings are discussed.

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning↗
PubMed1989

[Suicide prevention: past, present and future].

Efforts to prevent suicide are reviewed. Recent studies have shown that suicide prevention centers may be effective in preventing suicide, at least among females. However, in recent years, more attention has been directed toward the possibility that restricting access to methods for suicide may be an effective way for preventing suicide. In addition, there is a growing body of research on which medications and which techniques of psychotherapy may be most effective in decreasing the risk of suicide in depressed patients.

Antidepressive Agents↗
PubMed1989

Suicide in a middle-born child.

A case of suicide in a 17-year-old boy is described. Extracts from an interview with his mother are used to illustrate his violent behavior, delinquency, relationships with his family and peers, efforts to seek treatment, and the clues he gave to his impending suicide. His life-style and subsequent suicidal behavior are related to his middle-born sibling position.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1989

Alcohol consumption and rates of personal violence (suicide and homicide).

The present study examined the association between alcohol consumption and rates of personal violence (suicide and homicide) over regions within a nation. Although suicide rates were higher in regions with a higher per capital consumption of alcohol, other social variables were also found to be associated with both alcohol consumption and suicide rates, such as divorce rates and inter-region migration. Thus, it appears that alcohol consumption may be but one index of a broader sociocultural dimension that is associated with regional rates of suicidal behavior.

Age Factors↗
PubMed1988

Attempted suicide and pregnancy.

Women who attempted suicides who were pregnant did not differ from nonpregnant women who attempted suicide in measures of depression, hopelessness, or suicidal intent. Three themes were noted in the pregnant women who attempted suicide: prior loss of children (by miscarriage, adoption, or death), potential loss of their lover, and the desire for an abortion.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1988

A physiological theory of sex differences in suicide.

Skutsch has proposed a theory of depression based on the presence of high levels of dopamine in the central nervous system. The present paper uses Skutsch's theory to explain the fact that males complete suicide more than females whereas females attempt suicide more than males.

Depressive Disorder↗
PubMed1988

Inward and outward irritability in the suicidally inclined.

A questionnaire to measure inward irritability and outward irritability was given to college students. Inward irritability scores correlated .27 with outward irritability scores. Those students who had attempted suicide had high inward irritability scores; those who had threatened suicide had high inward and outward irritability scores. Results supported the proposition that some suicidal people may have higher levels of outwardly directed anger than nonsuicidal people.

Adult↗