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The Healers Who Need Healing: Suicide Risk and Care for Mental Health Professionals
As mental health professionals, we dedicate our lives to healing others, guiding them through their most complex and challenging moments. Yet, an alarming reality lurks beneath the surface of our noble ...
March 29, 2025
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Holding the Line: Suicide Risk and Care for First Responders
First responders. The very name evokes images of strength, courage, and unwavering dedication. They are the ones we call when crisis strikes, the individuals who rush in when everyone else is ...
March 21, 2025
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Caring for the Caregivers: A Blog Series on Suicide Prevention in At-Risk Professions
In the realm of mental health, we often focus on those seeking help – but what about the individuals dedicating their lives to providing that care? In honor of our sixth ...
March 21, 2025
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Suicidal Thoughts in Our Young People
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for young people aged 15-24.1 We are in the most technologically advanced society we’ve ever been in, with information and communication at our ...
January 4, 2021
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The Spectrum of Suicide
We all have an image of what the word “suicide” looks like: desperation, in need of rescuing, maybe somebody crouched down or curled up and unable to move or speak. Suicidal ...
October 4, 2020
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The Stages of Suicide Grief
“What if I had done more?” “What if I had noticed earlier?” “What if I had been more protective, less trusting, less scared?” “What if I had told them I love ...
August 4, 2020
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Moving Through Suicidal Thoughts in a World that Isn’t Moving: Surviving Suicide During a Pandemic
It seems like just a couple of sleeps ago we were all going through our lives as normal – rushing from one thing to another, stressed about schedules and conflicts and ...
April 4, 2020
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Is Suicide Preventable?
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. This day was started in 2003 by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) and World Health Organization (WHO) to inspire awareness and action and ...
September 10, 2019
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Our Silence is Killing Us
Suicide can be scary. The word alone makes most of our stomachs drop. We learn early on that suicide is a taboo topic to discuss at the dinner table, at work ...
August 4, 2019
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