‘Don’t give up’: Edmonton man brings suicide prevention message to High Level Bridge

At least once a week, Ralphie Mendita walks the span of Edmonton’s High Level Bridge on a personal mission to bring hope to the hopeless this holiday season. He walks the length of the bridge with a sign that reads, “Don’t Give Up.”

Mental health self-care during the holidays

The story of a man who makes a weekly pilgrimage from in the West End to the High Level Bridge to offer hope to anyone contemplating suicide. And Adrienne speaks to Mara Grunau, a suicide prevention specialist about self-care during the holidays.

Students who started suicide pact in Montreal say it was a ‘joke,’ experts not laughing

Three Montreal high school students have been suspended after plans for a suicide pact circulated through the school and collected dozens of signatures. Earlier this week, private secondary school, Collège d’Anjou sent a letter to parents saying a school staff member found a three-page letter inviting young people to take part in a suicide pact.

Be kind this holiday season

Be kind this holiday season Tomorrow is officially December, which means Christmas is just around the corner. For some, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. But for others, it’s not. Christmas is a time when most people are surrounded by family and friends, spending quality time together, exchanging gifts and indulging in turkey, stuffing, shortbread and sugar cookies.

First Responders Half Marathon

Trevor Soll from the First Responders Half Marathon and Mara Grunau from the Centre for Suicide Prevention tell us about this year’s race

Pull Quotes: Episode 4 – Stories after suicide

Last summer, Susan Clairmont published a long feature story in the Hamilton Spectator about Nicole Patenaude, a young woman who took her own life by jumping off a bridge onto a highway. Clairmont’s piece, which took months to report and write, looked at Nicole’s life and struggles with mental illness-and garnered a “huge” reaction from readers.

Calgary councillor reveals struggle with depression | Metro Calgary

After battling through his longest, toughest bout with depression yet, a Calgary city councillor chose to reveal his struggle publicly in the hope of chipping away at the stigma surrounding mental illness. Ward 11 Coun. Brian Pincott said in a series of tweets Sunday he had recently emerged from a four and a half year depression that had many days where “suicide was close.”

Letter: World Suicide Prevention Day

September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. Connecting with one, single individual can prove to be both life-affirming and life-saving. Our theme for the day is Connection, which is the essence of our work. Strengthening connection within ourselves, connection to others, and connection throughout our communities promotes resilience and hope.

URBAN MOBILITY FORUM / FORUM SUR LA MOBILITÉ URBAINE – SUMMER / ÉTÉ 2017

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Oil, Heartbreak, And Manhood: Behind The Mental Health Crisis Of Alberta’s Oil Workers

“Basically, the response is ‘don’t be a pussy.'” “It’s been more intense post-downturn, there’s no question about that,” says sociologist Sara Dorow from On the Move – a Canadian partnership of researchers from 27 international universities studying the mobile workforce, also known as FIFO (fly-in fly-out) workers.

Where can farmers turn to for mental health help?

Farmers and agriculture producers face many pressures, which can lead to anxiety, depression, and suicide.

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Why men are more likely to die by suicide and how to help someone at risk | Watch News Videos Online

Fri, Jun 16: Every year, thousands of men kill themselves, the suicide rate amongst men is three times higher than woman. Heather Yourex-West explains why and how you may be able to help someone at risk.

4 Misconceptions About Medically-Assisted Death in Canada

In June 2016, Bill C-14 – the law that decriminalizes medical assistance in dying (MAiD) – took effect in Canada. Road to Mercy follows doctors and their patients as they struggle to identify the limits of the newly-granted right to die in Canada.

Oilpatch workers susceptible due to nature of job – Red Deer Advocate

There’s a correlation between unemployment and suicide rates

Talking about suicide with students

A controversial Netflix show is sparking debate over how to discuss suicide with students.

Why one advocate wants you to talk to your kids, right now, about 13 Reasons Why

A suicide prevention advocate in Thunder Bay, Ont., is welcoming a new television show that has been widely criticized for making suicide glamorous. The Canadian Mental Health Association and the Centre for Suicide Prevention both issued statements recently raising concerns about the way the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why simplifies the causes of suicide and makes it seem like a viable or logical option.

School boards warn parents about the new Netflix series ’13 Reasons Why’

School boards in the area are warning parents about what they call a potentially dangerous show that has become the most tweeted about Netflix series in just one month. ’13 Reasons Why’ is a series about a teenage girl who commits suicide and leaves audio cassettes to all those who she says contributed to her death.

U of A professor calls drop in Alberta suicide rates ‘unexpected’ | Metro Calgary

High suicide rates in Alberta appear to be decreasing, which one expert calls “surprising.” “It’s counter-intuitive, you’d expect rates to go up when you have increases in economic distress,” said Peter Silverstone, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Alberta.

Alberta suicide rates remain high despite ‘encouraging’ 20% drop

The number of Albertans who committed suicide in the first half of 2016 is down compared to the same time last year, according to the latest statistics from the province. Between January and June, 255 people took their own lives. That’s 20 per cent fewer than during the first six months of 2015.

Pay it forward this holiday season

It’s officially December, which I would say is the most wonderful time of year, but that’s not the case for everyone. With a drop in oil prices causing thousands of layoffs across the province over the last two years, many Albertans can’t afford the kind of Christmas they used to have.

Ontario schools are missing ‘perfect opportunity’ to address mental health amid rash of youth suicides

Chelsea Lall remembers the first time she saw pill bottles and razor blades taped to her high school locker. Lall had been struggling with anxiety and depression and regularly cut up her arms to cope with the pain she felt inside amid nonstop bullying.

Currier: Suicide Prevention

Some of Canada’s leading experts on mental health gathered in Toronto on the week-end to swap ideas and information. Suicide prevention was one of the topics covered and I chatted with the head of the Centre for Suicide Prevention, Mara Grunau, in Calgary. Here’s that conversation

EXCLUSIVE: Alberta man involved in police standoff opens up about incident, says he’s turned his life around

Nine months ago an Alberta man was shot and critically wounded after being at the centre of a tense and dramatic standoff with police west of Edmonton. “The bullet’s still sitting on top of my C1,” Caleb Seeton, 30, says of the bullet that hit him in the head.

You Are Not Alone: A Suicide Prevention and Awareness Initiative | Teamsters 362

You Are Not Alone: Mental health is an issue that affects directly and indirectly everyone across the country, and yet stigma still surrounds the topic, especially suicide. In Alberta, we currently have the second highest rate of suicide in the country and there have been recent reports of the suicide rate climbing by 30 per cent.

World Suicide Prevention Day: What we still need to do

World Suicide Prevention Day allows people to take a moment and think about those who are suffering from mental health issues but it’s also a day to start a dialogue about what the world can do better. According to the World Health Organization, more than 800,000 people die by suicide each year.

Suicide survivor hopes tale of plunge from Golden Gate Bridge may steer others from that path

In the four seconds it took Kevin Hines to hit the water, the wave of relief he expected to feel was instantly replaced with one overriding emotion – regret. It was 2000, and a 19-year-old Hines decided to end his life than same way countless others had before him – he stepped off the deck of San Francisco’s famed Golden Gate Bridge.

Suicide survivor shares his experience to help others

Kevin Hines was in Calgary on Monday to talk about his suicide attempt, how he survived depression and how others can keep from making the same mistake. He made a film about that day in September 2000 when he decided to end his life by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, something he regretted the moment it happened.

‘I thought I had to die today’: Man who survived Golden Gate Bridge jump shares story in Calgary

“What have I just done?” Regret hammered Kevin Hines instantly. Four seconds later, so would the impact of the water 25 storeys below. On Sept. 24, 2000, the then 19-year-old leapt off the Golden Gate Bridge, prompted by an onset of violent auditory hallucinations tied to his bipolar disorder.

Golden Gate Bridge suicide survivor spreads words of hope

The fall took about four seconds, but the regret was instantaneous.

Take part in World Suicide Prevention Day

World Suicide Prevention Day is on Saturday, Sept. 10 and I encourage everyone to take part in the global movement. Suicide is a common, preventable tragedy that has been occurring more often in Alberta since the economy started going downhill.

World Suicide Prevention Day: What we still need to do

World Suicide Prevention Day allows people to take a moment and think about those who are suffering from mental health issues but it’s also a day to start a dialogue about what the world can do better. According to the World Health Organization, more than 800,000 people die by suicide each year.

‘They’re not prisoners’: AHS to review what led to suicide of psychiatric patient

Two weeks after a psychiatric patient died by suicide at the Peter Lougheed Centre, Alberta Health Services said it’s looking at the balancing act between freedom and treatment when it comes to mental illness. “We have to remember that these folks are patients, right?

Suicide attempts spike in St. Albert: average of one every day

Mara Grunau knows the math – for every one-per-cent increase in unemployment there is a similar increase in the suicide rate. But news of St. Albert’s recent spike in suicide attempts still came as a shock to the Centre for Suicide Prevention’s executive director.

Spread love, not hate

I am only 23 years old and have known four people who have died by suicide. There is something seriously wrong with that. It all started when I was nine years old and my brother, who was 19 at the time, took his own life.

There’s a way to deal with stigma around suicide

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Man Who Survived Suicide Jump From Golden Gate Bridge Shares His Story to Help Others: ‘The Moment I Hit Freefall Was an Instant Regret’

The millisecond after Kevin Hines jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge to the bay below, he felt instant regret. “I said to myself, ‘What have I done, I don’t want to die, God please save me,’ ” recalls Hines, 34, of his suicide jump in September 2000.

Man who jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge coming to Penn

“It was the first millisecond, the first moment of free fall. I knew it was the worst mistake I ever made,” Hines, now 34, said recently. Hines, found to have bipolar disorder as a teenager, now travels the world urging others to not make that mistake.

Attawapiskat: Crisis has hallmarks of possible ‘suicide contagion’

TORONTO – A rash of suicide attempts by young people on the Attawapiskat reserve appears to be a case of so-called suicide contagion, a chain reaction triggered within the community by abominable living conditions and a shared sense of despair and hopelessness, experts say.