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Trying to Understand What Drives People to Suicide

By The New York Times — 2020

Readers, including those who have attempted suicide or who have lost family members, offer their insights.

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Lessons Learned: Forty Years of Clinical Work with Suicide Loss Survivors

After briefly reviewing some of the empirical literature about differences between suicide bereavement and grief after other modes of death, the author argues that perhaps the most distinguishing and difficult aspect of a suicide loss is the “perceived intentionality” of the death, and the...

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John R. Jordan
2020
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Suicide Survivors Face Grief, Questions, Challenges

The recent, untimely deaths of Kate Spade, reportedly from depression-related suicide, and of Anthony Bourdain, also from apparent suicide, came as a surprise to many.

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Harvard Women's Health Watch
2020
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Why Do People Commit Suicide?

It's difficult to imagine what led a friend, family member, or celebrity to commit suicide. There may have been no clear warning signs, and you may wonder what clues you might have missed. Often, many factors combine to lead a person to the decision to take their own life.

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Nancy Schimelpfening
2020
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What Are Suicidal Thoughts?

A person who experiences or could experience suicidal thoughts may show the following signs or symptoms.

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Yvette Brazier
2020
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Once They Hid Their Stories. But Now, Survivors of Suicide Are ‘Coming Out’ to Combat a National Crisis.

Until recently, the suicide prevention movement has been largely driven by family and friends of those who died.

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William Wan
2019
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A Powerful Lesson Iyanla Vanzant Learned from Her Suicide Attempt

In the immediate aftermath of Iyanla’s suicide attempt, she says she had a powerful vision that made her realize what she really wanted — and it wasn’t death.

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Lisa Capretto
2015
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I’m Still Here

What it’s like to live with a chronic urge to die.

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2018
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What's It Like to Survive a Suicide Attempt?

Survivors tell us what went through their minds in what they expected to be their final moments — and what it’s like to return to a life they tried to end.

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Today.com
2018
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