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Research In Motion has had problems lately — a plummeting stock price, high-profile executive exits and another delay of its next-generation smartphone platform, BlackBerry 10. But it has a plan. An alleged leaked document purports to show the company’s roadmap for BB10, and it has a couple of surprises.

The enthusiast site BlackBerryOS.com posted the document, provided by an “anonymous source.” Among other things, it shows RIM will launch BlackBerry 10 in Europe in early January 2013, with the U.S. getting the new OS and devices three to four weeks afterward, around the first week of February.

That makes a great deal of sense, since overseas markets have been generally more receptive to RIM’s devices, with better market share in place like the U.K. than America.

The BlackBerry 10 launch will include the touchscreen phone we’ve heard through various rumors, the “London,” as well as “Nevada,” a BB10 phone with a keyboard, something CEO Thorsten Heins promised at BlackBerry World in May. The names are likely just codenames, and two others are on the document: “Nashville” and “Naples.” The roadmap shows spring/summer and summer/fall launches for those, respectively, though there are no other details on those devices.

The document also says RIM will release a 10-inch tablet sometime in 2013, most likely summer. Codenamed “Blackforest,” this will likely be the rumored 10-inch PlayBook, a larger version of RIM’s current tablet, but running BlackBerry 10 software. The number “128” is visible next to the device’s name, which could be a reference to the device’s capacity, 128GB, but that’s highly speculative.

Until BlackBerry 10 launches, the only new device RIM appears to have planned is the PlayBook 4G, an LTE version of the current tablet, due in fall 2012. That device will get upgraded to BlackBerry 10, along with the current PlayBook, after BB10 launches next year.

RIM didn’t respond to a request for comment about the document, but the roadmap lines up with many of the rumors that have been circulating for months. However, even if it is legit, plans can change at anytime, as RIM’s most recent delay of BlackBerry 10 has shown.

What do you think of RIM’s alleged plans for BlackBerry 10? Sound off in the comments.

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The fallout from Apple’s Maps debacle was among the top headlines this past weekend. Mashable brought you those stories, as well as other tech and social media news while you were out of the office.

Our staff kept tabs on all the latest happenings, so don’t worry if you missed a few articles. Check out all the coverage here, in our handy Weekend Recap. Take a look at the links, below.

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More U.S. military service members have died from suicide than enemy fire, roadside bombs and injuries sustained during combat this year.

As 2.4 million Americans who fought in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan prepare to return from combat, U.S. military entities are struggling to tackle the rising number of suicides, according to an NPR report. After experiencing war-related trauma, active-duty service members and veterans often face debilitating mental-health issues — including post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression and suicide ideation.

Suicide remains a top cause of death among active-duty personnel and veterans. For years, the Department of Defense has tried to find a solution to the problem plaguing troops.

Dr. Nigel Bush, a clinical psychologist with the DOD’s The National Center for Telehealth and Technology, or T2, believes reforming a classic suicide-prevention tactic could be the solution.

One strategy medical health practitioners use to redirect a distressed individual’s attention towards wanting to live is by creating a “hope box.” Doctors and patients work together to fill a shoe box with reminders of reasons to live. It becomes a repository of images and important items that reminds patients of loved ones, accomplishments and future aspirations.

Patients with suicidal thoughts can feel hopeless, like there’s no way out. Dr. Bush tells Mashable that one of the distinguishing characteristics of suicidal patients is being able to recite more reasons to die than to live. Clinical therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy are both effective ways to counter this state of mind, according to Dr. Bush.

“It tries to teach patients to identify positive outcomes and to try to modify their thoughts and behaviors to increase the likelihood of thinking and perceiving positive events,” Dr. Bush says.

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Dr. Bush believes creating a Virtual Hope Box app could make the “hope box” portable for service members in Defense hospitals as well as veterans in V.A. hospitals.

Getting help to those who need it in time is pertinent to saving lives, according to researchers. Since providers are “somewhat clustered in locations,” help isn’t always available in moments of crisis, T2’s public affairs officer Joe Jimenez tells Mashable.

“People either don’t want to go into the office or they physically can’t because they are hundreds of miles away,” Jimenez says. “If they are in treatment that requires them to go back at least once a week, that could be very difficult to do, which causes a high dropout.”

It would be ideal for active-duty service members to undergo counseling or diagnosis testing while still deployed on combat missions. T2 hopes mobile technology can reach soldiers around the world.

“We were looking at a broad community that’s worldwide and very active, deployed a lot of the time for combat missions as well as missions around the world,” Jimenez says. “We had to look at everything to try to develop products and services to help this very large diverse community.”

T2 has about 12 health-related mobile apps in the works or already available on Apple and Android markets for U.S. military, National Guard and Reserve members.

Virtual Hope Box

The Virtual Hope Box app is designed to help active service members and veterans struggling with suicidal thoughts. The app mimics physical hope boxes used currently in suicide-prevention treatments.

“It’s tailor-made for a military population of patients — active duty and veterans,” Dr. Bush says. Smartphone penetration within the U.S. Military community mirrors the rate civilians are using them (more than 60%).

Unlike a physical shoe box, the app is portable and unlimited in space. The Virtual Hope Box app includes important contact information and connections to suicide hotlines for emergencies. The app will also provide “distraction” games, coping cards designed by licensed psychologists, inspirational quotes and guides to relaxation exercises (breathing exercises). It’s built to discourage hopelessness and thoughts of suicide.

The app prototype is still going under review and extensive testing. The technology research center comprised of clinical psychologists, researchers, designers and specialists will work with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (V.A.) to test the app with military patients. It’s projected to be on the market at the end of next summer or, at the latest, October 2013.

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