Also read these - click on the links:

http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/journal76.html

http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/suicide.html

http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/faq70.html

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Health/Medicine
Intelligent people less likely to commit suicide
Childhood problems also a cause

Bristol/Stockholm (pte, Jan 21, 2005 10:45) -
Intelligent young men are less likely to commit suicide than others,
researchers say. As the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk reports, a Swedish-
UK team of scientists has found that young men who scored low on
intelligence tests are two to three times more likely to take their
own life. According to the researchers, problems in childhood might
be an underlying cause. The team of scientists followed nearly a
million 18-year-old men serving in the military for up to 26 years.

"Pathological Narcissism FAQs" (December 2004)

http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?vaksam_FAQS

According to the lead author of the study, David Gunnell
from the University of Bristol http://www.bristol.ac.uk , who worked
with colleagues from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden
http://www.ki.se , there was evidence suggesting intellectual
performance is associated with psychiatric disorders such as
schizophrenia and depression. "But there have been few studies
looking at intelligence and suicide," he said. "This is the largest
study to examine the issue. We found quite strong evidence of an
association between performance on intelligence and subsequent
suicide risk," he added.

"The World of the Narcissist" (December 2004)

http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?vaksam_ESSAY

People that did better on tests of logic, language,
spatial and technical skills were less likely to commit suicide, the
researchers found. The risk of suicide with the logic test score was
three times higher in the lowest compared with the highest scorers.
They also found that army recruits who performed poorly on the
intelligence tests and had well-educated parents appeared to be at a
higher suicide risk. According to the researchers, influences on
brain development during childhood might increase a person's risk of
mental illness and hence suicide. It could also be that children who
experience crisis and are less able to adapt to it grow up to be at
an increased risk of suicide they said. "Intelligence may impact on
their chances in life, such as the job they get, their financial
security and their prospects of getting married. All of these
factors could be important in suicide risk," said Gunnell.

According to the Samaritans organisation, suicide
accounts for a fifth of all deaths amongst young people aged 15-24
and is the second most common cause of death amongst young people
after accidental death. Although young women aged 15-19 are the
group most likely to attempt suicide, young men are much more likely
to die as a result of their suicide attempt, organisation Mind said.

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