There aren’t that many television shows I remember from my childhood. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood is one of them. In The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers, Maxwell King speaks of the man behind the scenes. The story is of a man who, though not perfect, lived out
It’s an unfortunate reality that we can’t escape. The odds are likely that you’ll know someone who dies by suicide – even if you don’t know their death was suicide. The truth is that we’ve had A Sadly Troubled History with suicide. For centuries, we’ve grappled with our inability to
A disproportionate number of the books that I read are written by American authors. This is particularly true when it comes to books on suicide. Even though the London Anti-Suicide Bureau opened nearly six decades earlier than the Los Angeles suicide prevention center, the work seems centered around America. That
Suicide is the most destructive thing that most people will encounter. It can destroy families. But It can save others. It can also be a powerful statement that can be used to transform the world. The question that Suicide: The Social Causes of Self-Destruction aims to answer are the motivations
I’ve never met a suicide survivor who wanted to congratulate the person they lost on a great decision. Universally, the word that they wanted to tell them was “Stay.” That’s why Stay: A History of Suicide and Philosophies Against It was so interesting. What has history said about suicide and