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Agee Professor of Social Ethics Dr. Robert Coles '50, the child psychiatrist and social observer, is famous for his contributions to the academy...
What should you do if you think your teenager is suicidal? "Stay calm, cool and collected," advises Nieburg. Enlist the help of a professional, whether a psychologist, psychiatrist, school counselor or social worker. Pediatricians and doctors can also be of assistance. Still another source to turn to can be a clergy member. If there's an emergency, call 911 or take your child to a hospital emergency room...
Studies also show that males act very differently from females when it comes to suicide. Attempts are common among girls, but completion is quite rare. "Boys are five times as likely to commit suicide, and they're much less likely to talk about it," says psychiatrist David Schaffer, president of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. "If a boy talks about suicide, that statistically carries a far higher risk of some tragedy occurring than when a girl does...
Despite the extent of knowledge today, signs of deep trouble too often go unheeded. "In nearly every case of suicide I have reviewed, clues to the adolescent's plans were overlooked or downplayed," says psychiatrist Andrew Slaby in his helpful book No One Saw My Pain: Why Teens Kill Themselves. "They weren't intentionally missed but unknowingly missed...
...play - or really, the one thing I'm believable as - is the literate character. I'm not overly literate, but because of my glasses, my small frame, I appear to be more literate than I actually am. [smiles for a moment] So I can play a teacher, a psychiatrist, but I can also play a lowlife. Like in Broadway Danny Rose or the character in Take the Money and Run - and I've always wanted to play and I always will take advantage of the opportunity to play a lowlife...