We all deal with suicidal deaths from time to time. Interestingly enough and according to the New York Times, despite the proliferation of anti-depressant drugs and the presence of intervention groups such as the Samaritans, the suicide rate has not changed since at least the 1960s.
Below you will find a link to an extensive article which appeared in last week's New York Times Magazine. It provides a modern overview of current research and thinking about suicide and identifies the important distiction between classic suicidal behavior and suicides of "passion" which occur much more at the spur of the moment.
If you've always struggled to understand suicide as I have over the years, this is an excellent place to begin your reading and research.
Hi, I had a member of my family who due an anti-depressant commited suicide, as sad as it was I believe is hard to blame one thing alone. But drug companies should invest more in research about the dilemma.
Also I want it to mention that during the funeral my aunt got a card from her coworkers with the donation of an Acre of trees in my cousin's memory. To make a long story short we visited the acre at the Ocala National Forst last week and it was a great healing experience. I would recoment it. I dont know much about how to do it but the website is http://www.treesinstead.com
Posted by: Tom | September 03, 2008 at 12:15 PM