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Category: Risk Factors

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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, 2019January 31, 2025

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, 2019January 12, 2024

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 31, 2025

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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Paradise Lost: What We Need To Know To Survive A Traumatic Experience

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on December 3, 2018April 28, 2020

The Camp Fire in Northern California is finally contained more than two weeks after it…

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Thinking About the Consequences of Childhood Trauma

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on November 24, 2018November 11, 2019

Childhood experiences, both positive and negative, have a tremendous impact on our future. In his…

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What You Need To Know About the Loneliness Epidemic

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on November 17, 2018August 2, 2019

According to new research from the Australian Psychological Society and Swinburne University loneliness is on…

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Broken Dreams

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on November 2, 2018January 31, 2025

Most people have dreams. Their importance can’t be overstated. Dreams are essential to our well-being.…

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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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