Many clinicians regard suicide as murder – self-murder. Killing affects far more than those left dead. Many a suicide ends a life of intolerable anguish and pain. Some also send a furious message of failure and betrayal to friends, family, community and society. Today, suicide increasingly inflicts mass murder. We mourn the dead of the […]
Losing Everything (7/15/13)
Standing Out Maybe you knew him. He didn’t stand out in a crowd. A hardworking guy, in his mid-fifties, he long worked a steady job. Proudly he raised a family. Then the bust came. He got downsized. The losses came like dominos. First the job. Unemployment insurance went on for a while, but there was […]
