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No One is Immune: Reflections On A Suicide

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A Psychologist Kills Himself It was September 9, 2019, the second day of National Suicide Prevention Week in National Suicide Prevention Month. A man jumped off a 17-story building in Philadelphia. Police ruled his death a suicide. At the time

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Beyond The Headlines: America’s Rising Suicide Rates

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Digging deeper into the CDC report regarding suicides, I find that the factors that appear to be significantly correlated with suicides today are the same as I was taught on the first day of my psychiatry residency training – male gender, access to firearms and current substance use.