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Understanding Suicide
Canadian poet, Margaret Atwood, says that it is not enough to say certain things just once. Some things need to be said, and said, until they don’ need to be
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Suicide – The Pain of the Ones Left Behind
Each year I write a column on suicide and try to highlight three things. First, suicide is a illness, not something freely chosen. A person who dies by suicide, certainly
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The Struggle To Understand Suicide
Every year I write a column on suicide because, among all forms of death, it’s still the one we struggle with the most. How can suicide happen? What makes a
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Suicide – The Most Misunderstood of All Deaths
Death is always painful, but its pains are compounded considerably if its cause is suicide. When a suicide occurs, we aren’t just left with the loss of a person, we’re
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Our Misconceptions about Suicide
Margaret Atwood once wrote that sometimes things need to be said, and said, and said, until they don’t need to be said any more. Each year I write a column
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Suicide – When Someone is too Bruised to be Touched
A few days ago, I was asked to visit a family who had, just that day, lost their 19 year-old son to suicide. There isn’t much one can offer by
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Our Misunderstanding about Suicide
Each year I write an article on suicide because so many people have to live with the pain of losing a loved one in this way. When someone close to
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The Notion of Suicide Revisited
A couple of months ago, I wrote a column suggesting that we still have too many misconceptions about suicide. Among other things, I stated that many, perhaps most, people who
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Suicide – Some Misconceptions
It’s always painful when someone close to us dies, but the pain is compounded considerably when the cause of death is suicide. Suicide doesn’t just leave us with a sense
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Suicide – Love Through Locked Doors
About one year ago, I wrote a column on suicide. Among other things, I suggested there that suicide is the most misunderstood of all deaths. Given the positive response to