Dr. Vic
When Successful People End Their Lives: Cheslie Kryst, happiness and suicide
My op-ed recently appeared in the NY Daily News In recent memory we’ve witnessed the death by suicide of numerous celebrities and...
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Dr. Vic
- Oct 12, 2021
Why can't we do better at preventing suicide?
Over the last twenty years we’ve witnessed a stunning setback in the US. While there are multiple organizations working to reduce suicide...
Dr. Vic
- Jun 14, 2021
Suicide, Mental Health, and the Media: Can it be done right?
Over the past year, suicide prevention and mental health have received a tremendous amount of attention in the media. Much was written...
Dr. Vic
- Apr 7, 2021
The Problem with Mental Health Research: The research to practice chasm
In a recently published essay, the NY Times science and mental health writer Benedict Carey discusses the vexing gap between psychiatric...
Dr. Vic
- Mar 15, 2021
COVID, Mental Health and Suicide in Youth: What does it mean? (part II)
In part I of this post I discussed what we know about and how we can understand reports of increased rates of mental health complaints,...
Dr. Vic
- Feb 17, 2021
COVID, Mental Health and Suicide in Youth: What does it mean? (part I)
There is much currently being written in the popular press about the catastrophic impact that the COVID19 pandemic is having on mental...
Dr. Vic
- Jan 28, 2021
Contagion of psychological states: The nexus of politics and suicide prevention
It should not come as news that people are influenced by those around them. Historically, this influence was often seen in ethical or...
Dr. Vic
- Jan 14, 2021
Lessons learned from COVID19 (part 2): This is War!
In part 1 of this discussion, I addressed some of what we may have learned about ourselves-emotionally and psychologically- from...
Dr. Vic
- Dec 31, 2020
Lessons Learned from COVID19: Being alone; being together; being adaptable
This past nine months, as we’ve confronted the ongoing COVID19 pandemic, have presented the world with an extraordinary array of...
Dr. Vic
- Dec 22, 2020
Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention: Can we really fix our broken system?
In the past several weeks, two impressive reports have been released that can help guide policy and practice around mental health systems...
Dr. Vic
- Dec 16, 2020
The Paradox of Social Connectedness and Suicide
It is well established that having strong social connections is a significant factor in lowering risk for mental illness and suicide. At...
Dr. Vic
- Dec 10, 2020
Rap Music and Mental Health: What can we learn?
Popular culture-as expressed in popular music, literature, TV, film and theater-exists in an interesting mutual feedback relationship...
Dr. Vic
- Dec 4, 2020
Older Adults and COVID: What does this have to do with “trauma-informed” therapy?
I have a friend whose mother survived several years in a Nazi concentration camp during her youth. From time to time, I would ask him how...
Dr. Vic
- Dec 1, 2020
Firearm Ownership and Suicide Risk: Getting more precise to reduce risks
Bryan, Bryan and Anestis recently published a valuable and illuminating paper (https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2020.1848672) adding...
Dr. Vic
- Nov 23, 2020
HIV Deaths Have Dropped by Half in the Past 10 Years: Not all the news is good
The CDC recently reported on the reduction in deaths among people with HIV (see: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6946a1.htm)....
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