Category: Suicide and Grief
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Mental Illness Doesn’t Predict Suicide; Hopelessness Does.
Disclaimer: Content is created by iFred’s team of editors. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn a commission. The death of Bed Bath & Beyond’s CFO,Gustavo Arnal, hits far too close to home for me. He was a father of two girls, a financial executive, and a husband. No matter what…
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Bridging the Mental Health Treatment Gap Must Be a Global Priority
Every year, the World Health Organization (WHO) organizes the mhGAP Forum as part of its annual partnership event on mental health. The mhGAP Forum is an informal group of Member States, intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, including UN agencies, international development agencies, philanthropic foundations, research institutes, universities and WHO collaborating centres, for coordinated action…
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Young and Vulnerable: The biggest tragedy regarding youth mental illness is collective inaction
This year, United Nations International Youth Day (IYD), on August 12, has been designated to celebrate the importance of youth mental health with the slogan ‘Mental Health Matters’. This is an opportunity, particularly for low and middle-income countries, to highlight a vitally important—but utterly neglected—aspect of youth life. The neglect has occurred on many levels…
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Schools for Hope; New Campaign to Prevent Suicide in Youth
Did you know 1 in 9 kids attempt suicide prior to graduating high school, and that 40% of those kids are in grade school? (Journal of Adolescent Health via Family Matters, 2011). And that the number one autofill on google is ‘Hope makes me… depressed’? We don’t know exactly why, but what we do know is…
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Support During Suicide, Feeling Passionate Grief, and Finding Hope
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