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Suicide Prevention Month: Know the Resources

If you or a member of your family had a mental health emergency, do you know what to do? Do you know where your local crisis center is? Do you know who to call if you see someone in crisis? Do you know how to support a family member who tells you they are thinking about ending their life? Can you read the signs that someone needs support even if they don’t tell you? In 2020, 21 percent of all Americans had any mental illness, but in the same year [...]

Janine Monico2022-09-13T12:03:46-04:00September 13th, 2022|Suicide Prevention|

No Feeling Is Final

Imagine you are at your doctor’s office. The nurse takes you back to see the doctor – what do they do next? “Let me get your temperature, blood pressure, check your height and weight.” A process we are all used to: checking vital signs Imagine you’re a client of mine now (I’m a psychotherapist, or simply, a therapist). You come into my office. I’ll check your mental health vital signs: How are you sleeping? How's your appetite? Your mood? Are you having fun? Are you hanging out with people? So [...]

Janine Monico2022-08-22T20:45:40-04:00September 12th, 2022|Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Stress, Suicide Prevention|

Connection Can Save Lives

Realizing a friend is struggling with suicide can feel scary and overwhelming. It can feel impossible to pull someone from those depths. Recently, I found myself in a similar situation with a close friend. Life seemed to be getting busier for both of us. What I didn’t realize was that my friend was actively withdrawing from those around him. He was still reeling from the death of his father and his romantic relationship ending all while starting a new job in a strenuous field. During this time, I extended my [...]

Janine Monico2021-09-22T16:18:38-04:00September 3rd, 2021|Lived Experience, Suicide Prevention|

Hope

by Margaret Pelleriti, DBHIDS Suicide Prevention Task Force What does it mean to have hope? Hope means a desire for things to change for the better, and to want that better situation very much. Hope carries us beyond the current hardship so that we may have a better future. In today’s world, it seems that hope can be hard to come by and this tends to be the case for anyone who has lost someone to suicide. My name is Margaret and several years ago, I lost my son Michael, [...]

Janine Monico2021-07-31T13:01:53-04:00May 12th, 2021|Family & Youth, Lived Experience, Suicide Prevention|