No typical pattern to suicide says psychs in crisis guidance
In a discussion with Area Mental Health Center experts, Dr Kent Hill and Dr Dan Montgomery describe suicide as arising from personal crisis affecting rich and poor alike. They stress three warning signs and urge professional help for those with persistent depression symptoms.
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Kent Hill
Area Mental Health Center
Scott City
Garden City
Montgomery
Hill
Understanding suicide risk and intervention guidance
This passage outlines direct, practical steps for helping someone threatening self-harm, emphasizing honesty, active involvement, removing means, and seeking support. It notes ambivalence in many victims, the role of hopelessness and crisis triggers, and references Kay Redfield Jamison’s Night Falls Fast as context.
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Kay Redfield Jamison
Families confront stigma of death by own action in small town
Survivors recount stigma and pain after loved ones killed themselves. Ramsey, a Scott City case worker, recalls her mother’s long illness and missed help, while Andy Kirk's family faces grief after his mother Debbie Kirk, 51, died by suicide at the Red Cross office in Garden City. Community leaders discuss enduring taboos and coping efforts.
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Hill
Ramsey
Spencer
Brazil
Area Mental Health Center
Scott City
Scott Community High School
Andy Kirk
Debbie Kirk
American Red Cross
Garden City
Michael L. McGuire
First United Church
Kirk
McGuire
Jennifer Chick
Chick
Andy
Patrick
Carlisle Livermore
Weseman
Air Force
Scott
Scott Weseman
Lawrence
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