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Ep. 053 : Jay’s Journey, Part I What happens if the medicines you’re prescribed are actually making you worse, not better? What happens if the doctor you turn to for help isn’t helping? Our guest, Jay Shifman, public speaker and host of the “Choose Your Struggle” podcast, shares his long journey back to himself.  As an adolescent, Jay was diagnosed as bipolar. The medicines he was prescribed to treat his disease led him to years …

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Ep. 052 : The Science Behind Suicide What does the research behind suicide help us understand about those who end their lives? What do we need to understand about suicide in order to keep those we love safe?  In this episode, we review Thomas Joiner’s Interpersonal Model of Suicide. We discuss how isolation, feeling like you’re a burden, and access to means overlap to become a lethal recipe for some people.  We look at how …

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Ep. 051 : What Have We Learned About Suicide Prevention? Oh my, it’s episode 51! Wow! We have learned so much on suicide prevention that we wanted to pause or a moment and recap.  Suicide is a taboo topic. Incredibly common, but rarely discussed openly. The goal of this show has been to raise the level of discourse on suicide. How can we prevent it, if we don’t know what we’re looking for? In this …

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Ep. 050 : Juvenile Justice & Suicide, Part II In part two of our conversation on suicide prevention in juvenile detention centers, Dr. Leah Saulter, describes how “dorm culture” affects attitudes towards being put on suicide alert. With limited resources and high burnout rates, suicide alerts require extra attention from an already overstretched staff. For some young people, manipulating the staff may be a cure for boredom or an opportunity for secondary gain. Pushing the …

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Ep. 049 : Juvenile Justice & Suicide, Part I Suicide is the number one cause of death in the juvenile justice system. Though the numbers of completed suicides annually are relatively low, suicide attempts and threats of suicide in the juvenile justice system are high. In this episode, we talk with Dr. Leah Saulter, Psychologist, who specializes in trauma. Dr. Saulter has spent years working with young men in detention centers in Texas and Ohio. …

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