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Expert_badge Teri Robert

Depression and Suicidal Thoughts - Getting Help

Suicide, taking one's own life. It's something we're afraid to talk about... something we whisper around like some people whisper the "Big C." By the time we work up the nerve to talk about feelings of suicide, we're in desperate shape. On MyDepressionConnection, we're all dealing with depression in one way or another. I don't have any... Read moreChevron
Allison Bush

Allison Bush

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Producer

New PepsiMax Ad Depicts Suicide - Tastefully?

I'm not quite sure where Pepsi's creative team was going with their latest ad campaign, but needless to say, it's disturbing.   The latest print ads from BBDO Dusseldorf depict a personification of a calorie committing suicide in a few very grotesque manners - from a hanging and a gunshot to the head to a drug overdose and wrist... Read moreChevron
Jacqui

Jacqui

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I am 13 and have almost killed myself numerous times.

I almost killed my self

I am 13 years old and still in 8th grade.  I am put down constantly and somtimes end up finding myself holding a knife ready to die.  I have cried my self to sleep every night for over two months now thinking that there really is no point to my living.  I feel that I am just here to waste the air that someone important could be... Read moreChevron
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Chris Ballas, M.D.

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Psychiatrist

Depression: Suicide Rates amongst Demographics

Recently released data shows that while the number of overall suicides in the U.S. has been stable at about 32,000 per year (11/100,000 people), the distribution of these suicides has changed.   Elderly males still have the highest rate; for those 75 and older, the rate is 38/100,000.   However, for women, the demography has shifted;... Read moreChevron
Expert_badge Deborah Gray

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Creator, Wing of Madness

David Foster Wallace's Struggle with Depression and Suicide

You may have heard that writer David Foster Wallace committed suicide in September. The author of several critically acclaimed (although "rapturously acclaimed" might be more accurate) books and essays hanged himself in his home at the age of 46. Apparently he had suffered from severe depression for over two decades. Antidepressants, two... Read moreChevron

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