Helplines are a strange beast: if their utilization is high, one can assume that either the community is really in need of their service and they deserve more money. On the other hand, if they are effective at diffusing crises, one might see their usage drop as fewer people in the community need them. Most helplines,…
On One Man’s Reason for Suicide
Note: I normally keep to a post every other day, but I think this post deserves to come out now, instead my next post will be on Saturday rather than Friday. Suicide is an intensely personal decision. What drives a person to kill themselves is a question often asked of those bereaved by suicide (grieving the…
Clinical and Legal Aspects of Suicidal Children and Youth
Suicide in Children and Youth While it is well known that adolescents can struggle through turbulent periods of mental health, although very rarely do we consider the suicide risk of younger children. In fact, in Canada the coroner can’t declare a suicide of anyone aged 9 or under (Statistics Canada, 2014) these deaths are likely…
Suicide in Hospitals and Inpatients
Note: I originally planned to write an article entitled “Suicide in Special Populations”, but as I began doing some research, I realized that each population was so filled with research that each would be better split up into individual articles. So this is the first of the series, that I hope will contain suicide in…
Review of LivingWorks suicideCare Seminar
The LivingWorks suicideCare course is a one day training focused on advanced suicide risk and case management. According to LivingWorks, the following learning outcomes are expected: Building on the principles and practice of suicide first aid Understanding helper issues associated with ongoing care; and Demonstrating a working knowledge of intervention strategies The training identifies a…