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admin / April 18, 2018

Making Health Care Suicide Safe

Making Health Care Suicide Safe Released in April 2018 by the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, this report includes the first-ever recommendations on suicide-related standard health care for primary care, behavioral health, and emergency department settings. Since 64% of people who attempt suicide visit a doctor in the month before their attempt, it is […]

admin / February 16, 2017

Emergency Department in Crisis

Sadly, it is not uncommon that a family will turn to their local emergency department to help them when their child is in an emotional crisis, yet they will find little hope for the right kind of care for that type of crisis in that setting. This is another example in a long chain of […]

admin / February 15, 2017

“Ordinary People” Making A Difference

The following is a post I made on Facebook today after watching Ashton Kutcher testifying on his ideas for addressing human trafficking (watch here) and reading the attacking words in the comments. While you may not consider Ashton to be “ordinary,” I think what makes him extraordinary is his participation in our political process. I’m […]

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