Even with people in the public eye, most recently Meghan Markle, being more open about their mental health, there is still an insurmountable amount of shame, loneliness, and isolation surrounding it
Read More »Suicide Prevention and Religious Responsibility: Where Do Places of Worship Stand?
How can places of worship provide a welcoming space for those who are living in fear or are contemplating suicide?
Read More »We need to destigmatize mental health
Mental illness and suicide are still very stigmatized, most of the time no one wants to talk about it.
Read More »Ask An Evangelical: Assisted Suicide
As a Christian, I believe my living is supposed to serve Him and that pretty much rules out any ‘right’ I have to decide when or how I die.
Read More »Why predicting suicide is a difficult and complex challenge
As a scientist who has focused on this question for the past decade, I should have a pretty good idea of who is and isn’t going to die by suicide. But the sad truth is, I don’t.
Read More »How can people of faith help those suffering from depression, anxiety?
The recent suicide of WSU quarterback Tyler Hilinski hit me harder than most news stories. I don’t know the circumstances that led up to his death or the state of his mental health, but it made me reflect on the millions of Americans, especially those in my own millennial generation, who suffer from depression and anxiety.
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