Meds are not always the answer though and, in my experience in a number of cases, often exacerbate the problem.
Absolutely, im not saying anything definitively works. But they will for some.
Well that line is wrong.
The majority of people who take their own life, do so in reaction to a life event. Not due to a mental illness.
But there is generally an underlying mental illness there, the life event is just a trigger for the illness to take over. Take two people in the same life circumstances, they both lose their jobs at the same time, marriage falls apart etc. One may commit suicide, the other not, because one already has an underlying mental illness. To say that the majority of people who take their own life do so in reaction to a specific occurrence is plain wrong Runt.
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It’s the old CBT idea - life events don’t cause suicide but it is how we view them. Some people view them differently to others. And it is the severity of the depression afterwards which can be deadly.
It would teach you better to sort out the size of your company’s mailbox than be getting involved here.
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Most suicidal people reacting to specific events, says counsellor
Tue, Apr 12, 2011, 01:00
OLIVIA KELLEHER
THE CHIEF executive of a suicide prevention charity has claimed nine out of 10 suicidal people who present to her therapeutic service for counselling are without a psychiatric history and are instead responding to a difficult event in their lives.
Joan Freeman of Pieta House said individuals who are dealing with specific difficulties need immediate intervention to prevent self-harm and even suicide.
“We had a woman in her 50s who had come to a series of endings in her life. Her children had left the home, her fertility had come to an end. Her self-image was very poor.
“Or a man in his 30s or 40s who has come out of a broken relationship and not only has he lost the love of his life but more than likely his shared circle of friends, and worst of all that, spontaneous access to his children. These are the people who are taking their lives.”
Pieta House provides one-to-one counselling for people who are suicidal or those who self-harm. Since opening its first centre in Dublin in 2006 the organisation has seen more than 3,000 people.
Speaking at Cork’s Clarion Hotel yesterday Ms Freeman said the aim was to open a Pieta House facility in the city. In January the organisation opened up two new centres, one in Ballyfermot in Dublin and one in Limerick.
Now costing €800,000 a year to run, every counselling session is free of charge and completely confidential. Only €70,000 in funding is received from the HSE, with the other €730,000 found through donations and fundraising.
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Pfft, that’s 4 years old
5 years ago
Fr Paddy is a lovely man. His twitter account is a must follow.
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Fr Paddy was on Liveline last week
And Midlands Radio also
I referenced this lad on another thread. Awful scenario. His Facebook page with all the messages crying for help is still live which at first I thought was terrible but if 1 person in his scensrio takes his advice and asks for help then maybe it’ll be a life saved.
this is apparently a ‘high profile Dublin based legal professional’ in his 60s.
gerard Keane?
59…
RNLI asleep at the wheel again
…a radio/TV contributor also.
Gerald Kean ??
Things don’t look good for Sinead O’connor. Police in Chicago are searching for her after she went for a bike ride at 6am yesterday morning and hasn’t returned. But she has previous in pulling similar stunts so let’s not call this just yet.