Chapter 1: Global suicide trends
Global suicide rates: an overview / Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
South Korea is plagued by the highest suicide rate in the industrialized world / Blaine Harden
Egypt is alarmed by its rising suicide rate / Jano Charbel
Japan's youth suicide rate is fuled by Internet suicide pacts / David McNeill
Japan is falsely stereotyped as the suicide nation / Kris Kosaka
Australia's suicide rate is higher than initially reported / Ruth Pollard
China's female suicide crisis is waning / Megan Shank
India is experiencing an epidemic and farmer suicides / Vandana Shiva
Canda is plagued by Aboriginal youth suicides / Juhie Bhatia
Chapter 2: Policies to address suicide
The European Union formulates a plan to address its suicide problem / Kristian Wahlbeck and Mia Mäkinen
African development and poverty programs must improve mental health services / Charissa Sparks
A Chinese company acts to address a rash of suicides / Gillian Wong
Canada considers a mental health plan to reduce its suicide rate / Charlie Fidelman
South Africa should craft a national mental health strategy to decrease teen suicides / Valencia Talane
Britain should legalize assisted suicide / Joel Joffe
Britain should resist calls to legalize assisted suicide / Cristina Odone
Chaspter 3: Political, social, and economic factors contributing to suicide
Afghan women are killing thenselves at a high rate / Sudabah Afzali
Tajikistan's economic crisis leads to higher suicide rate / Bakhtior Valiew
Tajik women have a high suicide rate because of domestic violence / Mukammal Odinaeva
A French company is plagued by a spate of suicides / Emma Charlton
A Chinese company reports a rash of suicides / Wieland Wagner
America is experiencing a rash of gay teen suicides / Naseem Rakha
Indonesia's poor are committing suicide / Indra Swari
Israel must protect itself from suicide problems / Caroline B. Glick
Chapter 4: Suicide as an act of terrorism
Israel is vulnerable to suicide bombers / Pierra Heumann
Gaza's ghost suicide bombers are identified / Abdul Hameed Bakier
Iraq is torn apart by unprecedented numbers of suicide bombers / Robert Fisk
Al Qaeda recruits female suicide bombers in Iraq / Kholoud Ramzi
South Russia is threatened by suicide car bombing and sectarian violence / Kyiv Post
China's Xinjiang Region is rocked by female suicide bombers / Richard Lloyd Parry.