From the Publisher: A Personal Journey From a Survivor of Suicide: “From the Depths of Despair to a Mission of Advocacy”

• By: Ira H. Minot, LMSW Mental Health News Education (MHNE)
• September 28th, 2020
• advocacy, depression, despair, divorce, ECT, fall 2020 issue, hope, hospitalization, medications, mental illness, recovery, stigma, suicide, survivor
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I was drifting in and out of consciousness in the emergency room. “You have to drink this,” someone was saying as they held a tall plastic cup to my lips, filled with a tasteless ink-black liquid. I later learned that the charcoal drink was given to me to absorb the toxic soup that was in my...

Know the Signs: Help Prevent a Loved One’s Suicide

• By: Wendy Martinez Farmer, LPC Beacon Health Options
• September 28th, 2020
• depression, ECT, fall 2020 issue, suicide, suicide prevention, true story, warning signs
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The following is a true story by a Beacon Health Options employee. Anna was one of the most talented and creative people I had ever known, and just about everyone who met her felt the same. She was a perfectionist to a fault, and there was seemingly nothing that she did not do well. The one person...