

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...
























