The anniversary of Chris’s death was last Bank Holiday Monday. He has been dead for 17 years. Sometimes I think I’ve got over it. Sometimes I don’t. Recently I’ve spent time on LinkedIn, connecting with suicide groups. The prevailing suicide prevention trend is to encourage people to ask their friends if they are all right, […]
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Artificial Intelligence is wonderful! I asked it three questions. Are long covid and growth hormone deficiency connected? Are long covid and suicide connected? Are growth hormone deficiency and suicide connected? Here are the answers I got. First question: “Viral genes have been found in pituitary tissue from some individuals that died from COVID-19, with pituitary
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Patrick, 49, had a plan if his test result was negative. He would swallow his blood-thinning pills and some diazepam, then run a hot bath, get in, and slice into his femoral artery. The blood-thinners would prevent clotting. “It wouldn’t have been a cry for help. I didn’t intend to fail,” he says. Luckily the
Last May a 23-year-old Flemish girl was granted legal euthanasia on the grounds that ‘she was in a medically futile condition of mental suffering.’ Shanti De Corte died surrounded by her family including her mother, who supported her decision. She had suffered serious psychological issues in her teens, but the real trigger was the terrorist
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