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...
Franklin from "Peanuts" and "Good Enough" Parenting: An Observation
The weather at the beach turned out to be beautiful. This was a month ago, and the beach was partially filled with people because of a...
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...
What Have You Done Through Half of Your Summer Vacation Teachers?
The summer. The subject of such great songs as "Summer" by Calvin Harris, or "Summer of 69'" by Bryan Adams and, of course, "Summertime"...
