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87What Makes a Good Mother
Child A gets into Harvard and goes on to become a famous brain surgeon. Child B drops out of high school, takes a dead-end job, and spends his days getting high. How much, if any, of the credit/blame for...
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76Psychiatric Crisis Intervention
Psychiatric Crisis Intervention. Suicide prevention. Mental Illness. Ever wonder what goes on behind the doors of a suicide hotline? Learn what happens from the moment a call comes in until the person in crisis is safe and on the road to healing.
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76Could We Have Stopped Kurt Cobain from Pulling the Trigger?
Kurt Cobain kept pet turtles in a tank, in which they often banged their heads against the glass. When under attack a turtle retreats into its shell, remaining immobile for a time, but these shells can...
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67Behind The Closed Doors of a Suicide Hotline
As a part of my Master's degree program in social work, I worked on a crisis intervention hotline for about one year. A lot of the services I provided were information and referral. Many people needed to be...
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70How to avoid committing suicide
The major reason people commit suicide is because they are faced with difficult and painful situations they are not prepared to handle and do not believe they can ever overcome. Although mental...
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82The Very Scary Choking Game
I just wanted to be sure to provide this link as a PERMANENT link - or for as long at the website features this article about the choking game. It hasn't ended...children are still playing the game - and...
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66Murder~Suicide
Murder-Suicides By Jan Deelstra It seems that murder-suicides are on the rise. Not a month goes by that a story of a kid killing kids on campuses and then taking his own life, or coverage of an estranged...
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50Suicide and Depression - Something We Can Fix
There are times where I am down and wonder if taking my life would be easier six feet under. I also wonder if I need to see a doctor. I find a lot of people need to see a thearapist, because they need to talk...
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66Suicide and the Internet
You can do almost anything you want on the internet. You can balance your checkbook, play a game with someone half way around the world, or read what someone you've never heard of thinks about some important...
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62Coping With Loneliness At Christmas
Without a doubt Christmas will come every year. It can be a joyous time or a time of loneliness and sorrow. Several years ago I used to work with a Suicide Prevention Agency in my state. I worked the...
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