“We just thought he was OK,” she says. “I can’t emphasize enough. If you knew Chester, you would know that he was in a good place, in such a good place.”
“I always thought, ‘Who am I to complain? Yes, I was trapped in a room, yes, it was scary, yes, I saw horrible things. But who am I to complain?'” a Columbine survivor said.
With a single session costing as much as $300 in some cities, mental health care can feel more like a privilege than a right. We asked practitioners and patients alike for tips on how to make it work.
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“Now, I feared that I was experiencing a bystander effect for the modern age.”
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is for everyone 16 or older–regardless of prior experience–who wants to be able to provide suicide first aid.
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Whether you’re looking for a health care provider or are in need of urgent care, these resources have you covered.
Lady Gaga, who has been open about her own mental health struggles, has written an essay calling for action to prevent suicide deaths.
