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Sep 01
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Depressed Woman Suicide Ideation

The Difference Between Passive and Active Suicide Ideation

By | Anxiety, Biltmore, Blog, Coping, Depression, Mental Health, Suicide | No Comments

September is Suicide Awareness month, and our blog has been focusing on the subject. There can be such a stigma around suicide, that we want to encourage people to talk about their mental health and their struggles. When we talk about suicide, it can give us a better understanding of how to prevent it. And how to help those who might be hurting.

Today we want to explain the difference between passive suicide ideation and active suicide ideation. The difference can be thought to be very simple, but often time we know it can be much more complex than we think.

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Sep 26
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Who is at risk for suicide? Check out our Youtube Channel!

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You have asked, and we have answered! We have started to upload vlogs (or video blogs) with your questions to our very own Biltmore Psychology and Counseling Youtube Channel!

Because September is National Suicide Awareness month, we have our very own Dr. Melissa Estavillo speaking about who might be at risk for suicide. Go check it out!

If you  have any questions that you want our therapists to answer, please leave them in the comments below the video on Youtube! Don’t forget to subscribe, and share if you think our videos might help you or someone you love.

Sep 14
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Woman in black dress standing with hand on casket in funeral home, holding white lilies.

Loss by Suicide: A Different Kind of Grief

By | Biltmore, Blog, Coping, Depression, Grief & Loss, Mental Health, Suicide | No Comments

At some point in our lives, we will lose someone we love. Grief can be a very complicated and heavy thing, that doesn’t necessarily go away but definitely gets easier. Everyone grieves differently, and there is no perfect way to deal with losing someone you love. When you lose someone to suicide, the grieving process can be quite different. There is often shock, sadness, guilt, and anger tied to the loss. While the process can be different for the person experiencing the grief, it can also be perceived as different from the outside. Often when you lose someone to old age, an accident, or a terminal illness, the loss gains sympathy and compassion.

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Sep 11
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Woman in white nurses uniform, holding a yellow awareness ribbon for suicide prevention month.

September is Suicide Prevention Month

By | Anxiety, Biltmore, Blog, Coping, Counseling, Depression, Mental Health, Suicide | No Comments

We are well into September now, and Fall is upon us. It can mean many things like cooler weather, back to school, and day light hours getting shorter and shorter. September is also Suicide Prevention Month. With the high profile death by suicides that occurred this past summer with Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, our society is still mourning the loss of these very public passings.

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Jul 19
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Suicide Prevention

5 Simple Steps to Help Prevent Suicide

By | Anxiety, Blog, Coping, Depression, Grief & Loss, Mental Health, PTSD, Stress, Suicide | No Comments

Earlier in the week we shared a TED Talk about how to start a conversation about suicide. In the last few months we have had a number of big name celebrities die from suicide. Our media once again has become saturated with those who many of us look up to and their decision to take their own lives. According to Elana Premack Sandler L.C.S.W, M.P.H and her article on Psychology Today, there are 5 simple steps for suicide prevention.

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