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Rory O’ Connor
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in Derry, Northern Ireland, The United Kingdom
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April 2021
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international handbook of suicide prevention
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“Suicide is not selfish
Characterising suicide as selfish simply adds to the stigma around it. And when stigma increases, help-seeking declines, ignorance flourishes and deaths soar.”
― When It Is Darkest: Why People Die by Suicide and What We Can Do to Prevent It
Characterising suicide as selfish simply adds to the stigma around it. And when stigma increases, help-seeking declines, ignorance flourishes and deaths soar.”
― When It Is Darkest: Why People Die by Suicide and What We Can Do to Prevent It
“MYTHS ABOUT SUICIDE
1. Those who talk about suicide are not at risk of suicide.
2. All suicidal people are depressed or mentally ill.
3. Suicide occurs without warning.
4. Asking about suicide ‘plants’ the idea in someone’s head.
5. Suicidal people clearly want to die.
6. When someone becomes suicidal they will always remain suicidal.
7. Suicide is inherited.
8. Suicidal behaviour is motivated by attention-seeking.
9. Suicide is caused by a single factor.
10. Suicide cannot be prevented.
11. Only people of a particular social class die by suicide.
12. Improvement in emotional state means lessened suicide risk.
13. Thinking about suicide is rare.
14. People who attempt suicide by a low-lethality means are not serious about killing themselves.”
― When It Is Darkest: Why People Die by Suicide and What We Can Do to Prevent It
1. Those who talk about suicide are not at risk of suicide.
2. All suicidal people are depressed or mentally ill.
3. Suicide occurs without warning.
4. Asking about suicide ‘plants’ the idea in someone’s head.
5. Suicidal people clearly want to die.
6. When someone becomes suicidal they will always remain suicidal.
7. Suicide is inherited.
8. Suicidal behaviour is motivated by attention-seeking.
9. Suicide is caused by a single factor.
10. Suicide cannot be prevented.
11. Only people of a particular social class die by suicide.
12. Improvement in emotional state means lessened suicide risk.
13. Thinking about suicide is rare.
14. People who attempt suicide by a low-lethality means are not serious about killing themselves.”
― When It Is Darkest: Why People Die by Suicide and What We Can Do to Prevent It
“being trapped by unbearable pain is key to understanding suicide as I consider it to be central to the final common pathway to suicide.”
― When It Is Darkest: Why People Die by Suicide and What We Can Do to Prevent It
― When It Is Darkest: Why People Die by Suicide and What We Can Do to Prevent It
