You Have No Idea What the Term 'Depressed' Really Means Until It Devours You
"Depression" was a just a word to me before, like "sandals" or "matinée". Now, I get a pang in my chest whenever I hear it and the memories of desperate, dark sadness flicker behind my eyes.
This Theorist Believes That Capitalism Creates Mass Murderers by Causing People to 'Malfunction'
We spoke to academic Franco 'Bifo' Berardi, who believes mass killings like the Germanwings tragedy could be caused by the effects of capitalism on our collective mental health.
Did an Impersonation Drive a Dermatologist to Suicide?
According to experts, it's more complicated than that.
We Asked an Aviation Psychiatry Expert Why Pilots Might Have Psychotic Breaks
Why would someone like copilot Andreas Lubitz crash a plane deliberately when he seemed so healthy and happy?
Suicide, Sacrifice and Video Gaming’s Illusion of Choice
We've seen in-game colleague selflessly give themselves up to aid our progress – but what if the story ended when you do?
eMatch-Fixing: Why Poverty and Chaos is Driving Pro-Gamers to Risk Everything
When pro-players gain the fame but not the fortune, it's easy for their heads to be turned by rigging matches.
Could More Suicides Be Prevented If We Safeguarded Against the Most Common Methods?
Killing yourself is about the How as well as the Why. Put barriers up around Beachy Head and history's shown the number of suicides is likely to fall.
Death in a Can
According to Australian law, suicide is legal, but assisting suicide is murder. So how does euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke sell his suicide equipment? According to him, it's for home brewing.
The Man Who Texted a Photo of Himself Having Sex with a Girl While She Vomited Isn't Getting Any Jail Time
The 20-year-old, whose case was made famous thanks to an Anonymous campaign, will be getting 12 months probation.
Here's Everything We Learned About Death in 2014
Bodies turned up in weird places, people had complicated feelings about suicide, and the circumstances of our eventual deaths became disturbingly clear.
How Much Can You Drink Before It Will Kill You?
John Bonham reportedly had 16 vodka shots for breakfast, but doctors say that for most people that "meal" would be a suicide attempt.