U.S. Senator Harry Reid on suicide prevention As a survivor of the suicide loss of his father, Sen. Harry Reid calls on a very personal tragedy to influence mental health policy in our nation A ...
Monthly Archives: November 2006
Hurricane’s wake
Suicides triple in wake of Hurricane Katrina The emotional effects of seeing homes, neighborhoods and lives destroyed continue to plague residents of the Gulf Coast more than a year after the ...
Primary Care
Primary Care: A key to suicide prevention Suicidal patients. They’re passing through the offices of internists, family practitioners and other primary care providers (PCPs) in droves, often ...
Coming tsunami
“The current mental health delivery system is inadequate and unprepared to address the needs associated with the anticipated growth in the number of older persons requiring treatment for ...
Violent end for cultural icon
American “gonzo journalist” Hunter S. Thompson exemplified a male psyche of independence, strength and resistance to seeking help. Thompson, who died by suicide at age 67, had struggled with ...
Dying for help
Depression. Hopelessness. Lack of resiliency. All risk factors for suicide—and in all genders and age groups. These factors often appear during a time of intense change in a person’s ...