new study: Brits tend to kill themselves on Mondays

"Monday is the most common day for committing suicide, according to new research on deaths from suicide and drug-related poisoning by day of the week in England and Wales between 1993 – 2002, published today* by the Office for National Statistics. However the single day on which the largest number of suicides occurred was 1 January 2000, a Saturday. Both these findings suggest that suicide is related to the effect of beginning a new time period. The study also found that, among males, accidental drug-related poisoning deaths and those due to drug abuse and dependence increased over the week and peaked on Saturday." [from: ResourceShelf's DocuTicker]