By Nancy Valko When I was asked by my late daughter Marie’s best friend to join her on a family and friends fundraising walk for suicide prevention last Sunday, I hesitated. I was in the process of reading yet another disturbing article about assisted suicide, this time a Journal of Clinical Psychiatry article titled “Working …
Continue reading "Why I am glad I went on the Suicide Prevention Walk"By Wesley J. Smith When I was practicing law from the mid-1970s into the 1980s, there was tremendous emphasis given in the popular media and within the bar association to the cause of suicide prevention. Hotlines proliferated, anti-suicide billboards were ubiquitous, and a great deal of attention was paid to saving the lives of despairing …
Continue reading "Invisible Suicide Prevention Day"By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. The Government has promised to pump £1.5 million into research exploring how to prevent suicides among those most at risk of taking their …
Continue reading "New suicide strategy is welcome but needs to address more effectively the phenomenon of media-induced suicide contagion"