Suicide Data Reveal New Intervention Spots, Such as Motels and Animal Shelters

Re:Suicide Data Reveal New Intervention Spots, Such as Motel... by DoreenMichele on Monday September 23, 2019 @09:55PM (#21055736)

Our current world mostly doesn't have effective solutions for mental health issues. Given that fact, it's easy to feel like death is the only possible escape.

I know a few things that can be helpful, though it's still a hard row to hoe. But saying I know anything useful often just gets me called crazy by internet strangers -- just more evidence that our own personal hells are all too often compounded by other people.

I hope you can make your peace.

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Re:Suicide Data Reveal New Intervention Spots, Such as Motel... by jayalpha on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @04:05AM (#21057629)

"Our current world mostly doesn't have effective solutions for mental health issues. "

This is not true. "Mental health issues" may be a broad field. I guess US prisons are full of such people, some beyond repair. But I know people who got hospitalized because of health issues and they are doing quite well today.

There is help. There are medications and things can normalize.

I have a friend who developed mental issues and, as far as I know, is roaming homeless in Canada. But this must not be the rule.

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Re:Suicide Data Reveal New Intervention Spots, Such as Motel... by 0xcde4c3db on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @09:29AM (#21059903)

> There is help. There are medications and things can normalize.

They can, but the odds and process aren't the greatest. It's a pretty common experience that people spend years going through different treatment options before they find something that really works. For major depressive disorder, something like 15-20% of patients never find something that works consistently.

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