TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Tinnitus and Suicide: Recent Cases on the Public Record Give Cause for Reconsideration
JO  - Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
A1  - Pridmore, Saxby
A1  - Walter, Garry
A1  - Friedland, Peter
SP  - 193
EP  - 195
VL  - 147
IS  - 2
N2  - Suicides among tinnitus sufferers are rare. Indeed, on examining the public record (newspapers and the Web), the authors identified only 4 cases in the past 10 years that had been examined by a coroner. Nevertheless, the deaths of Rick Tharp, Dietrich Hectors, William Morris, and Robert McIndoe prompt reconsideration of the association between tinnitus and suicide that appears to be weak. The article also draws attention to a subject that is receiving attention in the medical literature-namely, the role of "precipitants" (in this case, tinnitus) in completed suicide and the need to screen some cases of severe, disabling tinnitus for the presence or absence of coinciding psychopathology, which is very amenable to treatment.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0194-5998
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0194599812446286
ID  - ref1
ER  -