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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.

Read on www.nytimes.com

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Understanding Survivors of Suicide Loss

Suicide, however, has been described as a death like no other ... and it truly is. Death by suicide stuns with soul-crushing surprise, leaving family and friends not only grieving the unexpected death, but confused and lost by this haunting loss.

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Deborah Serani
2013
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Supporting Survivors of Suicide Loss

Each year, more than 40,000 people die from suicide in the United States, making suicide the 10th-leading cause of death in our nation. Worldwide, more than 800,000 people are lost to suicide annually.

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Dana M. Cea
2019
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Suicide Prevention: Fast Facts

Many factors can increase the risk for suicide or protect against it.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2021
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Suicide Prevention

Suicide prevention starts with recognizing the warning signs and taking them seriously. If you think a friend or family member is suicidal, there’s plenty you can do to help save a life.

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Helpguide.org
2019
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Surviving a Loved One’s Suicide

Readers, some of them speaking from experience, discuss how family members are often blamed or feel they could have prevented it.

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The New York Times
2019
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Can Death Become Your Ally?

We cannot hide from death. Its embrace will consume our social existence entirely. Job titles, social position, material possessions, sexual roles and images—all must yield to death.

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Duane Elgin
2011
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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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