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We Really Do Need Each Other

05/12/2025
The recent Beta Theta Pi magazine has an article about preventing suicide and refers to...
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Why Frightening Us Doesn’t Work

05/12/2025
I have previously written about the problem of allowing ourselves to become frightened and/or anxious...
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Everything in Moderation?!

05/12/2025
I have previously written about the importance of we [humans] being aware of doing things...
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Is It Ok to Talk About Your Suicide Attempt?

05/12/2025
A recent opinion pieceby Benedict Carey in the April 14, 2014 New York Times national...
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Churches Providing Psychiatric Services?!

05/12/2025
A recent opinion piece in the New York Times by T.M. Luhrmann reported on an...
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Being Haunted by Old Traumatic Experiences

05/12/2025
Recently I stopped assessing and treating children and adolescents who were hospitalized on the Copestone...
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It Takes a Neighborhood to Change a Speed Limit

05/12/2025
When my children were preschool age and a number of our neighbors also had preschool...
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Buddha’s Brain

05/12/2025
I recently listened to a lecture presented at Google by Rick Hanson, the author with...
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Cyberbullying and Suicidal Thoughts and Attempts

05/12/2025
I have previously blogged about the impact of bullying including an increased suicide risk.  There...
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Guns Don’t Kill People, Mentally Ill People Do!

05/12/2025
Well of course that is only a very small part of killings with guns in...
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