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Thursday, 18 December 2014

When Words are Lethal: Why “talking about it” might not be as good as we think

Suicide, it is one of the most complex, and least understood phenomena when it comes to human psychology. When we choose to discuss mental health (or mental illness for that matter) a stigma is usually present, and a sense of awkwardness usually works its way into the room. Suicide though seems quite different, it has the tendency to be romanticized both in literature and in real life (see Romeo & Juliet and more [1]). So what exactly does this mean for society?...

 
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