Suicide Archive
This is off topic for this blog but it’s personal to me because this is about the “scene of the crime” of Casey’s suicide. Yesterday the Golden Gate Bridge board of directors unanimously approved a $76 million funding package of …
I am reposting this entry because it has been brought to my attention that the term “committed suicide” reflects negatively on people suffering from severe depression and facing untenable circumstances that leads to suicide. The haunting melody of the song “Suicide …
There are thankfully, fewer and fewer subjects that are still taboo. Suicide is one of those dark subjects that seems to be okay to think and talk about openly as long as it’s not you personally that’s had to deal …
I lead a small group of Marin County high schoolers who make peer-to-peer presentations to kids and parents about mental health issues like depression and suicide. We’re called The Marin Teen Mental Health Board, a bit of a mouthful …
According to the Center for Disease Control, in 2010 there were a reported 38,364 deaths from suicide in America. In May the N.Y. Times reported that suicide rates have risen by over 30% from 1999-2010. Suicide is an ever present danger in the …
Our first image of Casey in April, 1991 came through another American couple who were in the process of adopting a 2-year old boy named Joseph (not his real name). He lived in the same orphanage as Casey did in …
Suicide has become a leading cause of death and a world-wide epidemic. There are over a 100 death by suicides per day within the United States, and a recent study links a rise in unemployment rates to a rise in …
In this CNN article, CNN weighs in on an example of an all too common trend in recent years: Suicide by bullied teens. The article discusses the story of a Canadian teen who experiences years of bullying, who left a …
In September the United States Surgeon General‘s office, along with the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, released the new 2012 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. With particular focus on military personnel and veterans, the strategy outlines the goals and …
This week is national suicide prevention week. A new website is set to be launched called Jersey Voice; it aims to create a forum where teens and young adults can speak to their peers about the troubles that they are experiencing. …
