Archive for March, 2008

Suicide And Chronic Pain

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Over 50 million people live with chronic pain every day and most get no treatment other than what they are able to get and take on their own. The cost of pain is estimated at over a hundred billion dollars each year. Doctors ignore pain problems.  In our culture, people tell us to ‘get over it’ and ‘no […]

Suicidal Teens: Danger Signals

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Here’s a statistic which should knock your socks off.  According to the National Institute of Health, suicide is the third leading cause of death for young people 15-24 years of age. The only two higher on the ladder are accidents and murder. And they tend to ‘run together’. The suicide of one teen can trigger copy cats to do the […]

Suicidal Men Who Mean Business

Monday, March 24th, 2008

Men commit suicide 4 times as many as women and when they decide to self terminate, they mean business. Men tend to be more likely to go to extremes in a very aggressive manner when they attempt suicide.  And they usually succeed. 
Women make more suicide attempts but men are more lethal right away.  They do not […]