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Why Do Some People Hide their Suicidal Thoughts?

May 15, 2013

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It can be a daunting challenge for someone to bring up suicidal thoughts on their own. One study looked at 100 people who died by suicide the same day that they met with a mental health professional. Of these, only 22% discussed suicide with the…

Does Asking about Suicide Plant the Idea?

by Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, LCSW

May 15, 2013

People learn about suicide at a very young age. They already know about it, so our asking about it does not give them the idea. Where you worry you may be planting a seed, a large tree has already grown. In case…

What to Tell Children of a Loved One’s Suicide?

by Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, LCSW

May 5, 2013

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Often, adults agonize over what to tell children when somebody in the child’s family dies by suicide. The question becomes even more painful when the person who dies by suicide is a young child’s mother or father. But the suicide of a…