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Suicide

Parenting Life-Threatening Depression with Rachel

October 31, 2012 by ssradmin

This episode of Safe Space Radio features Rachel talking about her son’s severe depression and multiple suicide attempts. Rachel names the sense of ambiguous loss she feels now that her son lives in a state mental hospital, and how her daily visits to him can bring their own sense of shame and self-doubt. She offers …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health Tagged With: ambiguous loss, depression, healing, mental hospitals, mental illness, mothering, NAMI, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Parenting, psychiatric care, psychiatric institution, Shame, son, Suicide, Trauma

Bi-Polar Disorder in the Family with Liz Brenner

September 5, 2012 by ssradmin

Social worker and trainer Liz Brenner talks about the challenges of having a father with major mental illness. Liz describes his suicide attempt when she was 20, and how living with the fear of losing him was a form of relational trauma.  She experienced first hand how the stigma and trauma of mental illness resulted …read more »

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health Tagged With: ambiguous loss, bi polar, bipolar disorder, families, father, fear, internal family systems, loss, major mental illness, mental health system, Parents, relational trauma, Suicide

On Being a Psychiatrist with David Moltz

June 1, 2011 by ssradmin

David Moltz is a psychiatrist in Portland, ME. In this episode, David talked about his reasons for going into psychiatry and the things he finds most difficult about the profession and the things he loves. He speaks about the use of power, the difficulty of deciding whether to commit someone to a hospital, how he …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Mental Health Tagged With: Addiction & Recovery, addiction treatment, doctors, health, job, medical provider, mental health, mental hospital, mental illness, patient doctor relationship, patient experience, patients, psychiatric care, psychiatric hospital, psychiatrists, Sickness, substance use, Suicide, treatment, work

Bi-Polar Disorder and Addiction with Christiane Wells

May 25, 2011 by ssradmin

Writer Christiane Wells talks with Safe Space Radio about her experience living with bi-polar disorder and addiction. Chris spent a decade in and out of psychiatric hospitals while addicted to crack, not taking her medication and struggling with suicidal thoughts. She describes how she found the will to take care of herself and change her …read more »

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Filed Under: Mental Health Tagged With: Addiction & Recovery, bi polar, bipolar disorder, crack, drug user, drugs, living with mental illness, major mental illness, mental hospital, mental illness, people who use drugs, psychiatric care, psychiatric hospital, Recovery, self care, Substance Abuse, substance use, Suicide, treatment

Gender Role Non-Conformity with Frank Brooks

April 20, 2011 by ssradmin

Frank Brooks is a doctor of clinical social work who studies gender role non-conformity, particularly the link between gender role non-conformity in boys and the risk of suicide. Frank describes his experiences of feeling different and facing prejudice as he grew up. He now works with families with gender role non-conforming kids to help them …read more »

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Filed Under: Mental Health, Sexuality Tagged With: Bullying, children, Gender, gender binary, gender nonconformity, genderqueer, LGBTQ, nonbinary, Parenting, puberty, social work, Suicide, teenagers, Teens, Therapy, youth

Suicide, Depression, and Zen Meditation with Cheri Huber

May 26, 2010 by ssradmin

Zen teacher Cheri Huber became a student of Zen after her suicide attempt. She describes how Zen led her to awareness of her own self-destructive patterns and allowed her to break from the ruthless voice of self-criticism inside her head.

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Filed Under: Emotions, Mental Health Tagged With: death and dying, depression, healing, mental illness, Recovery, suicidality, Suicide, suicide attempt, zen meditation

Suicide Among Returning Vets with Pete MacMullan

May 12, 2010 by ssradmin

Pete McMullan is the Suicide Prevention Coordinator for Veterans Affairs in Maine. Pete describes the painful readjustment recently returned vets face in trying to relate to their peers and the warning signs of suicide risk for families. He tries to help young vets lift the self-judgment and isolation they struggle with.

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Filed Under: Mental Health Tagged With: death and dying, Hidden Emotions, Iraq War, isolation, mental illness, PTSD, readjustment, relationships, service, Shame, soldier, Suicide, VA, veterans, veterans affairs, veterans health

Suicide Among Gay Youth with Charles Robbins

May 5, 2010 by ssradmin

Charles Robbins is CEO of the Trevor Project, an organization dedicated to preventing suicide among gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth. Charles describes the vulnerable time in a young person’s life after they realize they are queer, but before they have found accepting others to share it with. Charles describes his own story of …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Mental Health, Sexuality Tagged With: coming out, death and dying, difficult conversations, family dynamics, gay teens, LGBTQ, LGBTQ teens, queer teens, queer youth, Shame, Suicide, teenagers, Teens, trevor project, vulnerability

The Suicide of a Close Friend with Mary Clare

April 28, 2010 by ssradmin

Therapist Mary Clare talks about the anxiety, depression and suicide of a close friend. Mary Clare describes how difficult it was to stay close to her friend as she became more depressed, and how helpless and angry parts of her felt that her friend would not stay in treatment. She discusses the agonizing decision about …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Mental Health Tagged With: anger, death and dying, depression, difficult conversations, Friendship, internal family systems, intervention, patients, psychiatric treatment, Suicide, Therapy, Trauma

The Suicide of a Child with Patricia Ellen

April 21, 2010 by ssradmin

Patricia Ellen’s son killed himself when he was fourteen. Patricia describes the process of trying to understand what led up to it, and the signs that were and were not there. She describes the bullying incident at school that she believes led her son to suicide. Patricia movingly describes the many years long process of …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health Tagged With: blame, Bullying, children, death and dying, death of a child, grief, grieving, loss of a child, Parenting, Parents, Shame, sons, Suicide, teenagers, Teens, Trauma

The Legacy of Suicide with David Treadway

April 14, 2010 by ssradmin

Family therapist David Treadway talks about his mother’s suicide, which happened when David was 20.

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health Tagged With: adult children, death and dying, grief, grieving, loss of a parent, mothers, sons, Suicide, Trauma

The Legacy of a Mother’s Suicide with Nancy Rappaport

April 7, 2010 by ssradmin

Child psychiatrist Dr. Nancy Rappaport discusses her mother’s suicide, which happened when Nancy was four. Nancy undertakes a detective-like 18 year journey to discover who her mother was, and to understand what she was going through. Nancy describes the terrible consequences when a distorted belief that ones life is expendable, is combined with impulsivity. She …read more »

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health Tagged With: childhood trauma, daughters, death and dying, Hidden Emotions, identity, loss of a parent, mothers, Suicide

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