Suicide and Cultural Incongruity: A Possible Relationship and 5 Preventative Suggestions
The newspaper article on the possible suicide of a meteorologist from a local television station has elicited many questions. The most...
Three Obvious Things to Avoid Asking a Family Member
You might think that these are self-evident. Not so much. Here are my Top 3 things to avoid asking a family member for 2018. 1. To...
An Analogy to Use When Working With Someone's Grief
Drawn from my clinical experiences working with grieving people, I've surmised that our grief often comes from our difficulty reconciling...
Suicidal Thoughts as Purposeless Perceptions in Consciousness
A patient posed the following question to me in a moment of distress, asking "What is there to live for?" I know that the patient asked...
Need to Watch Word Choice When Crisis Counseling
What kind of training is given to the average suicide hotline counselor? I'll be the first to admit, I don't know. But I am almost...
The Need for Better Disclosure of Medication Risks
As with the vast majority of suicides that become known to us, in the days after the initial news was broadcast, the preventable tragedy...
Suicide, Mental Health, and Life's Anchor
Despite our best stated efforts, suicide continues to be a major problem. It is not a matter of economic status, or being marginalized...
Could Kate Spade's Suicide Be Related to Medications?
The mainstream media is focusing on the fallout of another high profile suicide. The information disseminated is similar: the number of...
