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  • people can be educated about the warning signs of suicidal behavior. Some of the key risk factors to look for are listed above. The single biggest risk factor is serious current suicidality, either suicidal ideation with…

  • Myth: Self-injury is a suicide attempt gone wrong. Fact: People who self-injure are not attempting suicide. They are using self-injury as a way to deal with difficult, overwhelming emotions.

  • Some Myths About Suicide

    Myth: Young people rarely think about suicide. Reality: Teens and suicide are more closely linked than adults might expect. In a survey of 15,000 grade 7 to 12 students in British Columbia, 34% knew of someone who had a…

  • Sunlight, Suicide and Schizophrenia

    A story out of PsychCentral (John Grohol's site) suggests that Sunlight is positively, if counterintuitively, linked to an increased risk of suicide, while too little sun causes vitamin D deficiency, a factor newly impli…

  • Understanding And helping The Suicidal Person

    Be Aware of the Warning Signs Are you or someone you love at risk of suicide? Get the facts and take appropriate action. Get help immediately by contacting a mental health professional or calling 1-800-273-8255 for a r…

  • Is Someone You Know Thinking About Suicide? The Journal of the American Medical Association has reported that 95% of all suicides occur at the peak of a depressive episode. The illnesses that cause suicide can dis…