The Guardian
Jamal Edwards breaks taboos around men's mental health
Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK. Jamal Edwards, founder of film-making company SBTV, asks why so many men are taking their own lives, and whether society’s stereotypes of masculinity have stopped men from seeking...
Curated Video
Camus and Suicide
Poet and independent scholar Jennifer Michael Hecht gives background to her book, Stay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It, while invoking some of Camus’ ideas on suicide.
Curated Video
Those Left Behind
Poet and independent scholar Jennifer Michael Hecht movingly recounts what it feels like to be left behind after someone close to you commits suicide.
Curated Video
Transcending Suicide
Poet and independent scholar Jennifer Michael Hecht describes the positive reactions she’s received to her book Stay: A History of Suicide and the Arguments Against It.
Curated Video
Suicide and Depression
Poet and independent scholar Jennifer Michael Hecht argues that suicidal thoughts and acts are often not limited to the clinically depressed.
Curated Video
The Lavender Scare
The Lavender Scare was a government clampdown on members of the LGBTQ+ community in the 1940s, 50s and 60s which saw gay and lesbians barred from the federal government for decades.
Jack Rackam
The Man who turned Self-Harm into Art | The Life & Times of Chris Burden
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Jack Rackam
Who Killed Austria-Hungary? | The Life & Times of Franz Joseph
It was a dark and stormy night, like any other in the big city. I was on my lunch break when the mutton-chopped Methusalah came through my door in a hurry. He said “I like my historians like I like my eggs. Hard-boiled.” “Then you’ve...
Curated Video
Mental Health Matters (8th Grade) Part 3: Suicide Prevention
In the final part of the Mental Health Matters series, Kevin addresses the sensitive topic of suicide prevention. He acknowledges the gravity of suicide and emphasizes the importance of having the tools to potentially identify signs of...
ShortCutsTv
A Mythology of Mass Killers
Mass killings (described by the FBI as four or more unlawful killings in a single event) devastate communities and create fear across countries. But if we’re going to begin to understand what makes someone randomly kill large numbers of...
Healthcare Triage
Suicide Rates and Insights from Medical Sociology - Healthcare Triage
Aaron's guest this month is Dr. Bernice Pescosolido, who is a medical sociologist at Indiana University. Dr. Pescosolido studies the environments, neighborhoods, and connections that contribute to patients' identities, and looks how this...
TMW Media
How to help someone who is grieving
Separate the myths from facts about bereavement, explore the process of mourning and moving on and learn how to be supportive and supportable. Losing someone you love or something you care about can be very painful. There is no right way...
Healthcare Triage
Deaths of Despair and Decreasing Life Expectancy in the US
In recent years, life expectancy in the US has been dropping. A significant contributor to that drop has been deaths of despair. Drug overdoses and suicides have increased in tandem with the opioid crisis, and the outcome is shorter...
Barcroft Media
Father Finds Happiness After Suicide Attempt
A MAN who tried to take his own life has finally found recovery after battling depression for years without a diagnosis, beginning his own mental health charity in the process. For Pat Lawson, growing up with depression wasn’t something...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Matthew Nock - Suicide and Self-Injury
Professor Nock received his Ph.D. in psychology from Yale University (2003) and completed his clinical internship at Bellevue Hospital and the New York University Child Study Center (2003). Nock’s research is aimed at advancing the...
Healthcare Triage
What Kind of Gun Laws Work? Guns and Public Health Part 4
Let's be honest. The real controversy around the issue of guns is, what might we do about it? It's the potential firearms policy changes that make people squirrelly. But guns have been regulated in the United States, we can see what...
Healthcare Triage
Penis Size and Suicide: Two Unrelated Stories on Healthcare Triage News
Penis size and Suicide. Not two topics that normally go together. This is Healthcare Triage News. How big is the average penis?
Healthcare Triage
Doctors and Depression
When Aaron was an intern, or a first-year doctor in training, he knew something was wrong with him. He had trouble sleeping. He had difficulty feeling joy. He was prone to crying at inopportune times. Even worse, he had trouble...
Healthcare Triage
Ketamine Can Be a Fast-Acting Antidepressant
A recent study looked into ketamine, noted animal sedative and party depressant, as a short-term treatment for severe, emergency room level depression. While it can help people who are suffering from suicidal ideation, it is a short term...
Healthcare Triage
Life Expectancy and the United States' Inequality Problem
Healthcare Triage often notes that lots of health metrics are improving in the US. But that is not the case with life expectancy. Life span is decreasing, and the losses are not equally distributed. The lives of the poor are getting...
Catalyst University
Clinical Screen for Depression & Suicide Risk
In this video, we discuss the clinical screen for depression and for suicide along with important risk factors and red flags.
Healthcare Triage
Firearms and Suicide: Guns and Public Health Part 3
We continue our special look at guns and public health in the United States. This week, we're looking at how easily accessible firearms complicate the suicide rate in the United States. While people have always committed suicide, guns...
Healthcare Triage
What Kills Us? How We Understand Risk.
One of the things that baffles me about people is how they completely misunderstand risk. Lots of my friends panic about things that have no real chance of killing them, but ignore the things that will. This can lead us to make...
Catalyst University
Penicillin: Mechanism of Inhibition of Transpeptidase
Penicillin: Mechanism of Inhibition of Transpeptidase