Word: commitments
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...suicide victims, Mann's group found that in almost every case, not enough serotonin had reached that key portion of the brain. The neurological fail-safes that normally prevent people from hurting themselves seem to have been disabled. "Having the biochemical deficiency alone is not enough to make you commit suicide," Mann says. "Stress alone is not enough. But if you have the pre-existing condition and you pile on a major depression or a substance-abuse problem, then the chances...
...bleeding. Nothing's broken. Yet he cannot stop crying, and his companions are worried that he might kill himself. Is he just having a bad night, or is he likely to do himself harm? When it comes to determining an individual's desire to commit suicide, physicians rely heavily on experience and intuition. There has never been a laboratory test that doctors could order that would help them measure the risk more precisely...
...latest research -- parts of which were presented at last week's meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Miami -- suggests that measuring the levels of certain chemicals in the brain can identify those people with a biological predisposition to self-destruction. "More than 95% of the people who commit suicide show these changes in the brain ((at autopsy))," says Dr. John Mann of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. "But the biochemical abnormality is there even in those who attempt to kill themselves. And it is most pronounced in those who make the most...
...Therefore, as of December 15th for PBHA and January 31st for HAND, we will not commit to programming beyond June 1, 1995," the letter reads...
PBHA and HAND leaders have said repeatedly that they will be unable to commit to programming next year if they remain uncertain about the future structure of their programs...