Causing someone else to commit suicide: Incitement or manslaughter?

TO COMMIT or NOT TO COMMIT ?

Internet-initiated incitement and conspiracy to commit CSA: the typology, extent and nature of known cases

This paper presents the first research on cases where offenders initiate contact with other individuals over the internet and incite, or conspire (IIIC) with, them to commit child sexual abuse (CSA). Interviews and record searches were carried out among local police services in the UK. IIIC cases were found to be diverse in terms of their typology but rare in regards to the extent of known case...

Commit* to change? A call to end the publication of the phrase ‘commit* suicide’

Background. Countering stigma is a fundamental facet of suicide prevention efforts.  Integral to this is the promotion of accurate and sensitive language.  The phrase 'commit* suicide' has prompted marked opposition primarily due to the connotations of immorality and illegality.  Methods. The study investigated the frequency of the use of the wordstem 'commit', in relation to self-harm and suic...

PUBLIC MYTHS ABOUT SUICIDE People Often Commit Suicide Without Warning

Sometimes a Minor Event Can Lead an Otherwise Normal Person To Commit Suicide This belief may be stated by friends and/or relatives of the suicide who may worry that something they said or did pushed the suicide "over the edge", and in sensational news reports of suicide (e.g., rock lyrics, role-playing games such as Dungeons and DragonsTM). This view is not supported by research results. Gener...

GP is disciplined for willingness to help friend commit suicide.

The results of a major 18 month study indicate that four new drugs used to treat schizophrenia offer few, if any, benefits over much less expensive older drugs. In the study 1493 patients at 57 sites in the United States were randomly assigned to one of five antipsychotic drugs, four of which were relatively new— risperidone, quetiapine, ziprasidone, and olanzapine—and one of which, perphenazin...