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Category: Risk Factors

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Deaths of Despair

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on February 27, 2020

Princeton researchers Anne Case and Angus Deaton have dubbed suicide, drug overdoses and alcohol-related liver…

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Seniors, Social Isolation and Suicide

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on February 13, 2020

The suicides we choose to ignore: The incidence of suicide in older adults is often…

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The Sting of Betrayal

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on January 25, 2020September 7, 2020

“Perhaps no action in life stings more than betrayal.” Gina Scott I recall my first…

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A Town Called Demmin

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on November 30, 2019January 5, 2021

The mass suicide of ordinary Germans in 1945 The small town of Demmin, located in…

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Let’s Talk About Suicide

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on November 18, 2019November 18, 2019

Most people feel uncomfortable talking about suicide. It’s a subject we prefer to avoid. Occasionally…

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A Man Called Ove

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on October 24, 2019March 25, 2020

How to relate to someone who doesn’t want to live anymore: A Man Called Ove…

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There’s Something About 30

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on October 6, 2019October 6, 2019

Jarrid Wilson was a former pastor at Harvest Christian Fellowship Church in Southern California, and…

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The Beekeeper of Aleppo

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on September 16, 2019

Confronting the Pain of Unspeakable Loss The Beekeeper of Aleppo is an unforgettable story of…

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To Kill A Mockingbird

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on August 13, 2019January 2, 2021

Looking to fiction for insights on suicide: There is a paperback edition of To Kill…

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Surviving Trauma and Loss

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on April 27, 2019January 2, 2021

“Family violence happens to everybody, no matter how nice your house is or how intelligent…

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Bruce Rickard

Bruce Rickard

Reflections on Suicide and Staying Alive: My son's suicide changed everything. I felt an obligation to understand why anyone would want to end their life. My regular blog posts explore the causes and prevalence of suicide and what is needed to sustain a healthy mind and a hope-filled future.

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