What can prevent suicide? A place to call home, a person to reach out to Months ago, while living in a midtown homeless shelter, she attempted to take her own life. Despite being assigned male at birth, she'd known since she was young that she was female. She'd experienced ... 05/15/2024 - 10:24 pm | View Link
Support service evening for Offaly people affected by suicide attracts large attendance The Health Service Executive's Suicide Bereavement Support Services held an awareness evening in the Tullamore Court Hotel on Thursday last. 05/15/2024 - 3:42 am | View Link
Communication and awareness are key to lowering Nevada's suicide rates This episode of KNPR's State of Nevada talks about suicide at length. In 2021, 382 Nevadans died as the result of a vehicle crash, while 691 people killed themselves. A meeting in Las Vegas talked ... 05/13/2024 - 4:39 am | View Link
How to Know If Your Friends Are Real There are more ways to connect with people than ever before. But are these connections real? Or simulating real relationships? 05/12/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
Beyond policing: Coordination is key to ensuring community health and safety, local leaders say Four panelists gathered at the Edmonds Waterfront Center last week to discuss how their organizations work together to address multiple factors that affect community safety — from crime to ... 05/6/2024 - 6:05 pm | View Link
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told The New York Times he experienced a series of health issues in recent years, including an abnormality that he said was caused by a worm that entered his brain and then died. CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains how this could have happened.
Americans' mental health issues are not identified and treated as readily as physical symptoms, especially among children - in part due to a shortage of clinicians. "We're looking for ways to integrate mental health into settings where children and families are every day," says Dr. Tami Benton, President of The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
For some who see a therapist, just talking things through isn't enough. Drama therapy allows the patient to relive a moment or play out their biggest fears.