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This program from The Doctor Is In deals with peer groups, one promising solution to the increasing number of teen suicides. Teenagers are accustomed to going to their friends with their problems; in this case, the friends have been trained to recognize the signs of impending suicide. In the program, Jim Wells, a nationally recognized expert on suicide, says that even as teens are taking their own lives, they do not really want to die. The purpose...
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When grief is compounded by guilt, all of the problems of bereavement are multiplied. This program from The Doctor Is In seeks to help parents listen to their teenagers with greater awareness-not to place blame on parents for not hearing, but to help them identify the symptoms of serious trouble...and to recognize that all parents can do is their best, which is sometimes not enough to prevent suicide.
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An intimate portrait of a group of very different suicide bombers working for Al Qaeda in Syria. From the Saudi who loves singing and fried chicken, to a 26-year-old white British convert who worries a lot about his new wife, this remarkable film embeds with an unlikely bunch of "martyrdom seekers", each waiting for their turn to go on a final mission, known by Jihadis as 'Dugma'.
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The Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing is the most popular place in the world to commit suicide. For the past 11 years, blue-collar worker Chen Si has been patrolling this bridge every day, watching out for people who've gone there to end their lives. With no formal training, he has saved over 300 people since he began; earning him the nickname the Angel of Nanjing.
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High school student Chloe is shocked to discover her best friend has taken his own life. She finds herself and those around her, struggling to cope with the complex, confusing emotions of grief and loss. The tragedy leads Chloe to seek counseling to deal with her feelings.
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The situation is nothing short of a national crisis. Yet the experts agree that there are ways we can be better dealing with the issues. The SBS documentary Osher Günsberg: A Matter of Life and Death will provide a comprehensive portrait of suicide in Australia today. Through the prism of Osher Günsberg’s own mental health experience, he’ll investigate why suicide rates remain high in Australia, and feature what is being done to mitigate the...
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At the age 14, following a quarrel with a friend of hers from school, Brittany turned to her mother for comfort. Instead, her mother lashed at her calling her selfish. From that day on, Brittany began to internalize her feelings. Her insecurities grew she turned to drugs and alcohol. At a party with friends from school, her excessive drinking led to sexual abuse. This made things worse. She began to engage in self-harm practice, cutting her arms regularly....
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At some point everyone goes through very stressful and anxious situations. Those experiences can be very hard to cope with and lead to feelings of extreme sadness, anger, and depression. Sometimes teens may feel like their situations are hopeless and think that the only way to get relief from the bad feelings is to escape through suicide. What are the warning signs of suicide? Is there anything we can do to help prevent it? That is what this program...
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Suicide has been a taboo subject but attitudes are changing. There is a push to raise public awareness and openly discuss and seek different approaches to this complex, highly emotive issue to help prevent suicide. Unfortunately teachers, students and school communities should be prepared to deal with this tragedy. In this program, Psychiatrist Patrick McGorry and Psychotherapist Julie Lynn Evans talk about, in a sensitive and informed manner, factors...
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In 1994, Oregon voters passed the Death with Dignity Act, which legalized physician-assisted suicide for people with terminal illnesses. Since then, more states have passed such laws, and others are considering them. Is physician-assisted suicide, as the American Medical Association's code of ethics states, "fundamentally incompatible with the physician's role as healer?" Will such laws lead to a slippery slope, where human life is devalued and vulnerable...
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Depression is the leading cause of disability in the world; in the United States, close to ten percent of adults struggle with the disease. But because it's a mental illness, it can be a lot harder to understand than, say, high cholesterol. Helen M. Farrell examines the symptoms and treatments of depression, and gives some tips for how you might help a friend who is suffering. [Directed by Artrake Studio, narrated by Addison Anderson].
16) Allow Me to Die
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In Belgium, anyone deemed to be experiencing "unbearable and incurable suffering" is allowed the right to die, and euthanasia is often used on patients who have decades to live. Nearly 2,000 Belgians a year choose assisted suicide, but who decides if their suffering is "unbearable?" Brett Mason follows the stories of two Belgians considering assisted suicide, exploring the moral difficulties behind the most liberal euthanasia laws in the world.
17) Boy Interrupted
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A few days before his suicide, Evan Perry made a list of six things to live for, then matched it with a list of six things to die for. "We'll never know what was really in Evan's head the night he killed himself," his mother, filmmaker Dana Perry, says. Through home movies and interviews with those closest to the 15-year-old, this HBO documentary tells the story of Evan's battle with childhood bipolar disorder. Perry's footage captures early manifestations...
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What is madness? What is normal? Nineteen-year-old Ina Roll Spinnangr lives with her manic-depressive mother in Norway. When her mother decides to marry, and the one she wants to marry is herself, Ina starts documenting their daily life together. "I'm making a movie about my mom because she's special," states Ina. "She has a mental disorder that causes psychosis." For most of her life, Ina has looked after her mother. "When's she's sick I get stressed…I...
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For two years, the narrator of this program went through a nightmare, feeling a self-hatred and worthlessness beyond love and redemption that he described as "the concentration camp of the mind." This video presents one man's attempt to convey the ordeal of severe depression by writing a memoir about the experience. Dramatic reenactments, along with interviews of the narrator's psychiatrist, fellow patients, and their spouses and friends, effectively...