By Nancy Valko When I was asked by my late daughter Marie’s best friend to join her on a family and friends fundraising walk for suicide prevention last Sunday, I hesitated. I was in the process of reading yet another disturbing article about assisted suicide, this...
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Invisible Suicide Prevention Day
By Wesley J. Smith When I was practicing law from the mid-1970s into the 1980s, there was tremendous emphasis given in the popular media and within the bar association to the cause of suicide prevention. Hotlines proliferated, anti-suicide billboards were ubiquitous,...
New suicide strategy is welcome but needs to address more effectively the phenomenon of media-induced suicide contagion
By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. The Government has promised to pump £1.5 million into research...