October 23, 2004

Lifeline

This online version of the famed British medical journal carries a brief profile and a Q&A article on Steven Stack of the WSU Criminal Justice Department. The piece notes that Stack received the 2004 Ig Nobel Prize in medicine for a study entitled "The Effect of Country Music on Suicide." He also has received a 2003 Dublin Award for lifetime contributions to the field of suicidology from the American Association of Suicidology. In the Q&A section of the article, he responds that his greatest fear is death. He also observes that religion as a protective factor against suicide has been largely neglected by psychiatrists and psychologists.

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