PART 1
1. Edwin S. Shneidman, The Suicidal Mind (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996), pp. 97, 98.
2. World Health Organization depression fact sheet. Retrieved from www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/depression.
PART 2
1. Elaine N. Marieb, Human Anatomy and Physiology, 4th ed. (San Francisco, Calif.: Benjamin Cummings Science Publishing, 1998), p. 363.
2. Winn Kapit and Lawrence M. Elson, The Anatomy Coloring Book, 2nd ed. (Glenview, Ill.: Pearson Education, 1993), p. 132.
PART 3
1. From the SafeUSA website:www.cdc.gov/safeusa/suicide.htm.
2. The entire letter by Gillian Ford can be found on the Kristin Brooks Hope Center “Live with Depression” website: www.livewithdepression.org.
3. Marieb, Human Anatomy and Physiology, p. 391.
PART 5
1. Shneidman, The Suicidal Mind, p. 4. Dr. Shneidman is the former chief of the Center for Studies of Suicide Prevention at the National Institute of Mental Health and founder of the American Association of Suicidology (AAS).
2. Edwin S. Shneidman, Definition of Suicide (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1985), pp. 124–127.
3. World Health Organization, “Suicide Data.” Retrieved from http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/suicideprevent/en/.
4. Suicide Awareness Voices of Education. Retrieved from https://save.org/about-suicide/warning-signs-risk-factors-protective-factors/.
5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Vitalsigns” fact sheet, June 2018. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/pdf/vs-0618-suicide-H.pdf.
6. American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Retrieved from https://afsp.org/about-suicide/risk-factors-and-warning-signs/.
7. The Jason Foundation. Retrieved from http://jasonfoundation.com/youth-suicide/risk-factors/.
8. Christopher W. Drapeau and John L. McIntosh, “U.S.A. Suicide: 2016 Official Final Data,” prepared for the American Association of Suicidology, available at www.suicidology.org.
9. Ibid.
10. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Vital Signs” fact sheet, June 2018. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/pdf/vs-0618-suicide-H.pdf.
11. Ibid.
12. Drapeau and McIntosh, 2016.
13. Miriam Heyman, Ph.D.; Jeff Dill, MA, NBCC; and Robert Douglas, DCC, “The Ruderman White Paper on Mental Health and Suicide of First Responders,” April 2018.
14. Drapeau and McIntosh, 2016.
15. World Health Organization, “Suicide Data.” Retrieved from http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/suicideprevent/en/.
16. John L. McIntosh, “U.S.A. Suicide: 1999 Official Final Data,” prepared for the American Association of Suicidology, available at www.suicidology.org.
17. Drapeau and McIntosh, 2016.
18. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System,” 2010. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/fatal.html.
19. Drapeau and McIntosh, 2016.
20. Suicide Prevention Resource Center website, “Older Adults.” Retrieved from https://www.sprc.org/populations/older-adults.
21. John L. McIntosh, “The Suicide of Older Men and Women: How You Can Help Prevent Tragedy,” American Association of Suicidology, 1993.
22. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health, “Mental Health and American Indians/Alaska Natives.” Retrieved from https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh/browse.aspx?lvl=4&lvlid=39.
23. Suicide Prevention and Resource Center, “Racial and Ethnic Disparities.” Retrieved from https://www.sprc.org/racial-ethnic-disparities.
24. J.A. Bridge, L.M. Horowitz, C.A. Fontanella, A.H. Sheftall, J.B. Greenhouse, K.J. Kelleher, and J.V. Campo. “Age-related racial disparity in suicide rates among U.S. youths between 2001 and 2015,” JAMA Pediatrics, 2018.
25. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “Centers for Disease Control Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Risk Behaviors among Students in Grades 9-12: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance,” August 12, 2016, vol. 65, no. 9.
26. J.M. Grant, L.A. Mottet, J. Tanis, J. Harrison, J.L. Herman, and M. Keisling. “Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey,” National Center for Transgender Equality and National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, 2011.
27. Drapeau and McIntosh, 2016.
28. World Population Review, “Suicide Rate by Country 2018.” Retrieved from http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/suicide-rate-by-country/.