SuicideAnguished Reflections Of A College Crisis Counselor: A Student 'On The Rooftop'A college crisis clinician for eight years, John Rosario-Perez encountered many students who suffered the weekend as exiles.Local CoverageMar 24, 2016Exploring The Link Between Chronic Pain And SuicideIt’s conceivable, then, that roughly half of these suicides are driven by pain. Not proven fact, but plausible hypothesis. This would suggest that perhaps be 20,000 Americans a year with...Local CoverageNov 5, 2015Why To Exercise Today: It May Make Bullied Adolescents Feel Less SuicidalResearchers report a 23 percent reduction in both suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts among bullied students who exercised 4 or more days a week.Local CoverageSep 29, 2015Is It Possible To Prevent Suicide? 2 Psychiatrists Map Out The WaysWe don’t treat suicide itself. We treat the causes of suicide.Local CoverageSep 10, 2015Differing Views On Antidepressants During PregnancyResearch studies evaluating the risks and benefits of taking antidepressants during pregnancy are mixed. There are documented harms, like an elevated risk of pre-term birth. But there are also the...Local CoverageJun 4, 2015AdvertisementWhen Teens Talk Of Suicide: What You Need To KnowIn 2013, 17% of teens reported seriously considering suicide, and 8% made actual attempts. Each year in the United States, about 15 in 100,000 kids will die by suicide, making...Local CoverageSep 12, 2014Falling Into The Postpartum Mood Disorder Abyss: A Personal StoryMy family and I hope that by telling my sister’s story we can raise awareness, reduce stigma and help others who are struggling with postpartum mood disorders or who have...Local CoverageJun 17, 2014Study: Primary Care May Be Path To More Effective Suicide PreventionAlso, strikingly, the study found that one in every five people who died by suicide "made a health care visit in the week before their death," says the paper's lead...Local CoverageFeb 25, 2014Newton Suicides: Is High-Achiever School Culture Breaking Our Kids?A Newton father argues that toxic high-achieving culture over-stresses kids and could contribute to suicide, and the school system must acknowledge and address that more. Local CoverageFeb 17, 2014As Newton Grapples With Teen Suicides, A Quick Primer On ResilienceAs Newton grapples with its third teen suicide this school year, two child psychiatrists offer a primer on resilience.Local CoverageFeb 14, 2014Third Teen Suicide In Newton: What Can You Say?Tonight at the Newton South High School Auditorium, school officials and mental health experts will try to offer some guidance on how to talk to children about suicide and how...Local CoverageFeb 11, 2014Memo: Death Of Second Newton Teen This MonthAuthorities say the death of teenager Katherine Stack, a sophomore at Newton South High School, "is not suspicious and there is no foul play."Local CoverageOct 17, 2013Sadness And Beyond: Psychiatrists Respond To Death Of Newton TeenPsychiatrists discuss sadness and other responses to news of a Newton teen's death in what her sister called a suicide.Local CoverageOct 7, 2013The Checkup: Meltdown U. And Mental Health Tips For Parents Of College KidsThis week, The Checkup, our health podcast for Slate, tackles the mental health of college students. Research suggests up to 50 percent of college-age kids have had or will have...Local CoverageSep 9, 2013Swartz On Depression: 'Unable To Feel The Joy'Tech prodigy Aaron Swartz' own writings suggest that he suffered from depression. Was that a factor in his suicide?Local CoverageJan 14, 2013When You Lose Your Sport, What Happens To Your Self?Psychologists say it's hard for athletes — even amateurs — to retire, and offer some pointers.Local CoverageMay 11, 2012A Suicide In The Family A psychiatrist grapples with her mother's suicide and offers advice to others facing similar devastation.Local CoverageMay 8, 2012MA 'Death With Dignity' Measure Proposes Physician-Assisted SuicideA newly certified 'right-to-die' Massachusetts ballot measure proposes physician-assisted suicide.Local CoverageSep 8, 2011A Young Woman Confronts Her Fiancé's SuicideA Young Woman Confronts Her Fiancé's SuicideLocal CoverageApr 28, 2011Documents: Accused Doctor Says Suicide Is No Admission Of GuiltMore on the death of former Children's Hospital doctor Melvin LevineLocal CoverageMar 8, 2011Next Page
Anguished Reflections Of A College Crisis Counselor: A Student 'On The Rooftop'A college crisis clinician for eight years, John Rosario-Perez encountered many students who suffered the weekend as exiles.Local CoverageMar 24, 2016
Exploring The Link Between Chronic Pain And SuicideIt’s conceivable, then, that roughly half of these suicides are driven by pain. Not proven fact, but plausible hypothesis. This would suggest that perhaps be 20,000 Americans a year with...Local CoverageNov 5, 2015
Why To Exercise Today: It May Make Bullied Adolescents Feel Less SuicidalResearchers report a 23 percent reduction in both suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts among bullied students who exercised 4 or more days a week.Local CoverageSep 29, 2015
Is It Possible To Prevent Suicide? 2 Psychiatrists Map Out The WaysWe don’t treat suicide itself. We treat the causes of suicide.Local CoverageSep 10, 2015
Differing Views On Antidepressants During PregnancyResearch studies evaluating the risks and benefits of taking antidepressants during pregnancy are mixed. There are documented harms, like an elevated risk of pre-term birth. But there are also the...Local CoverageJun 4, 2015
When Teens Talk Of Suicide: What You Need To KnowIn 2013, 17% of teens reported seriously considering suicide, and 8% made actual attempts. Each year in the United States, about 15 in 100,000 kids will die by suicide, making...Local CoverageSep 12, 2014
Falling Into The Postpartum Mood Disorder Abyss: A Personal StoryMy family and I hope that by telling my sister’s story we can raise awareness, reduce stigma and help others who are struggling with postpartum mood disorders or who have...Local CoverageJun 17, 2014
Study: Primary Care May Be Path To More Effective Suicide PreventionAlso, strikingly, the study found that one in every five people who died by suicide "made a health care visit in the week before their death," says the paper's lead...Local CoverageFeb 25, 2014
Newton Suicides: Is High-Achiever School Culture Breaking Our Kids?A Newton father argues that toxic high-achieving culture over-stresses kids and could contribute to suicide, and the school system must acknowledge and address that more. Local CoverageFeb 17, 2014
As Newton Grapples With Teen Suicides, A Quick Primer On ResilienceAs Newton grapples with its third teen suicide this school year, two child psychiatrists offer a primer on resilience.Local CoverageFeb 14, 2014
Third Teen Suicide In Newton: What Can You Say?Tonight at the Newton South High School Auditorium, school officials and mental health experts will try to offer some guidance on how to talk to children about suicide and how...Local CoverageFeb 11, 2014
Memo: Death Of Second Newton Teen This MonthAuthorities say the death of teenager Katherine Stack, a sophomore at Newton South High School, "is not suspicious and there is no foul play."Local CoverageOct 17, 2013
Sadness And Beyond: Psychiatrists Respond To Death Of Newton TeenPsychiatrists discuss sadness and other responses to news of a Newton teen's death in what her sister called a suicide.Local CoverageOct 7, 2013
The Checkup: Meltdown U. And Mental Health Tips For Parents Of College KidsThis week, The Checkup, our health podcast for Slate, tackles the mental health of college students. Research suggests up to 50 percent of college-age kids have had or will have...Local CoverageSep 9, 2013
Swartz On Depression: 'Unable To Feel The Joy'Tech prodigy Aaron Swartz' own writings suggest that he suffered from depression. Was that a factor in his suicide?Local CoverageJan 14, 2013
When You Lose Your Sport, What Happens To Your Self?Psychologists say it's hard for athletes — even amateurs — to retire, and offer some pointers.Local CoverageMay 11, 2012
A Suicide In The Family A psychiatrist grapples with her mother's suicide and offers advice to others facing similar devastation.Local CoverageMay 8, 2012
MA 'Death With Dignity' Measure Proposes Physician-Assisted SuicideA newly certified 'right-to-die' Massachusetts ballot measure proposes physician-assisted suicide.Local CoverageSep 8, 2011
A Young Woman Confronts Her Fiancé's SuicideA Young Woman Confronts Her Fiancé's SuicideLocal CoverageApr 28, 2011
Documents: Accused Doctor Says Suicide Is No Admission Of GuiltMore on the death of former Children's Hospital doctor Melvin LevineLocal CoverageMar 8, 2011