Tag Archives: Preventing Suicide

How Can We Address the Need for Suicide Prevention in Our Society?

An interview with suicide prevention educator and author John Bateson, Part I

Today SevenPonds has the pleasure of speaking with John Bateson, the former executive director of a nationally-certified crisis intervention and suicide prevention center in the San Francisco Bay Area. John is a recognized expert in suicide prevention, and has written several … Continue reading

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What is Suicide Prevention? An Interview with Jennifer Lockman

How Centerstone Research Institute uses data to provide better behavioral health disorder care to prevent suicide

Today SevenPonds speaks with Jennifer D. Lockman, M.S., of the non-profit organization Centerstone Research Institute. Based in Tennessee and Indiana, CRI aims to improve the quality of care for behavioral health disorders, including those that often result in suicide. Together … Continue reading

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History of a Suicide: My Sister’s Unfinished Life by Jill Bialosky

An emotionally-charged and informative memoir of the author’s quest to understand what led to her youngest sister’s suicide

When news of Robin Williams’ suicide broke, I was already immersed in reading Jill Bialosky’s History of a Suicide, a beautiful, emotionally charged and highly informative memoir of her trying to come to terms and understand what led her youngest … Continue reading

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