Blog Overview
Who Is Most Affected By Suicide?
In 2020, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) listed suicide as among the top nine leading causes of death for individuals between the ages of 10 and 64. Experts agree that it’s a significant public health pr...
What Is Suicidology?
Suicidology is the study of suicide, as well as suicidal and life-threatening behavior. However, there’s more that goes into the field than people might think. Suicidology also includes the study of non-suicid...
My Catalyst through Chaos
My Catalyst through Chaos Some find advocacy work as a result of an enlightenment they had somewhere along the way. Some instance where something touched them so deeply it created a spark that held them to a need fo...
My Story; My Connection
My Story; My Connection Pamela McKie, LISW-SChief Operating Officer of The Children’s HomeAAS Crisis Services Division Chair The most difficult thing for me to write about is my story. If I don’t tell it though,...
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior Special Issue
Call for Submissions: Public Health Approaches to Suicide Prevention Co-Editors: Bruce E. Crow, Psy.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine; Robert J. Cramer...
The S Word
My name is Lisa Klein and I am a documentary filmmaker. While working on our previous film, Of Two Minds, about people living with bipolar disorder, we learned that suicide is too often an option for people struggli...