From the archives: Suicide
We share links from The Psychologist and Research Digest archives.
10 August 2015
Here are our past pieces on the topic of suicide:
- How can we understand the suicidal mind in the moment of crisis? Ella Rhodes speaks to three psychologists.
- 'Even the bleakest moments are not permanent' Our editor Jon Sutton interviews Rory O'Connor.
'We need a rethink, to support young families'
Psychologist Mary Barker with a personal reflection on the death of her adopted daughter Ruby by suicide.
- A role for pharmacists in suicide prevention?
- Striking similarities in personal stories: Kate Johnstone watches two documentaries on suicide.
- What do you say? Karen Wetherall watches I Made This For You.
- New initiatives for working with suicide and self-harm.
- We interview Siobhan O'Neill.
- A review of 'Suicide and me', with Professor Green and Professor Rory O'Connor (who is interviewed here in 2013).
- Starting a national conversation about suicide: World-renowned expert Professor Rory O'Connor talks about his involvement in the BBC1 programme 'Life after suicide'.
- 'Suicide isn't an inevitable outcome of suicidal thoughts'.
- We report on the recent Harris Review on self-inflicted deaths amongst young people in custody, and Graham Towl and Tammi Walker consider prisoner suicide in this online-first publication, with contributions from a prison warden and the prison and probation ombudsman.
- Psychologist suicide: Practising what we preach. How many psychologists or therapists do you know, or have you heard of, who have taken their own lives?
- What role does news reporting play in suicide?
- From 2008, a look at masculinities and suicide.
- The psychology of suicide bombing, and the role of the media.
- A review of the play 'Anatomy of a Suicide'.
- A window of opportunity at a dark time.
- Messages of hope and determination.
- 'It's about editing your life so it makes sense again': an interview with Matt Haig.
- Links between occupation and suicide risk
There's much more on suicide and self-harm across The Psychologist and Research Digest archive.
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