Kay Redfield Jamison, An Unquiet Mind, Random House (2005) p. 66–68.
One study, reported in The New York Times
Cooper, Brian. “Nature, Nurture and Mental Disorder: Old Concepts in the New Millennium.” British Journal of Psychiatry 178, no. 40 (April 2001): s91–s101. DOI:10.1192/bjp.178.40.s91.
Suicide in the young tripled from 1970 to 2015
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The 1995 National College Health Risk Behavior Survey
Douglas, Kathy A., et al. “Results from the 1995 National College Health Risk Behavior Study.” Journal of American College Health 46, no. 2 (September 1997): pp. 55–67.
EARLY INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION
Chris Bouneff, Executive Director, NAMI Oregon
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. “EDIPPP Intervention Reduces Conversion to Full-Blown Psychosis Among At-Risk Young People, Says RWJF-Funded Study.” July 28, 2014. www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwjf/newsroom/newsroom-content/2014/07/edippp-intervention-reduces-conversion-to-full-blown-psychosis-a.html. Accessed March 17, 2015.
“MAGIC BULLETS”: PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS
850 adults and 250 children every day
Whitaker, Robert. Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatry Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America. New York: Crown, 2010, p. 1.
Carlat writes
Carlat, Daniel. Unhinged: The Trouble with Psychiatry—A Doctor’s Revelations About a Profession in Crisis. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2010, pp. 10–12.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Association, 2013.
Wilson, M. “DSM-III and the Transformation of American Psychiatry.” American Journal of Psychiatry 150, no. 3 (March 1993): 399-410.
Kapur, S., A. G. Phillips, and T. R. Insel TR. “Why Has It Taken So Long for Biological Psychiatry to Develop Clinical Tests and What to Do About It?” Molecular Psychiatry 17, no. 12 (December 2012): pp. 1174-1179.
THE CONTINUUM OF MENTAL HEALTH
“Thanks to early detection”
Insel, Thomas. “Toward a New Understanding of Mental Illness.” TEDx Caltech, January 2013. www.ted.com/talks/thomas_insel_toward_a_new_understanding_of_mental_illness?language=en.
Insel, Thomas R. “Translating Scientific Opportunity into Public Health Impact: A Strategic Plan for Research on Mental Illness.” Archives of General psychiatry 66, no. 2 (February 2009): 128–133.
Insel, Thomas R., and Remi Quirion. “Psychiatry as a Clinical Neuroscience Discipline.” National Institute of Mental Health: My Blog. www.nimh.nih.gov/about/director/bio/publications/psychiatry-as-a-clinical-neuroscience-discipline.shtml. Accessed March 19, 2015.
AFTER SUICIDE
40,600 people completed suicide
Smolin, Ann, and John Guinan. Healing After the Suicide of a Loved One. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993, p. 115.
CHILDREN AND GRIEF
The American Academy of Pediatrics describes
Mishara, Brian L. Impact of Suicide. New York: Spring, 1995.
Bailey, S. E., M. J. Kral, and K. Dunham. “Survivors of Suicide Do Grieve Differently: Empirical Support for a Common Sense Proposition.” Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior 29, no. 3 (Autumn 1999): pp. 256–271. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10531638. See also: http://johnjordanphd.com, especially under Publications.
THE ESCAPE THEORY OF SUICIDE
Florida State University psychology professor Roy Baumeister analyzed suicide in terms of motivation to escape
Baumeister, Roy F. “Suicide as Escape from Self.” Psychological Review 97, no. 1 (1990): 90–113.
HEALING FROM TRAUMA
About 40 percent of American children
Perry, Bruce, M.D., Ph.D., and Maia Szalavitz. The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog and Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist’s Notebook. New York: Perseus, 2006, p. 1.
Franey, Kris, Robert Geffner, and Robert Falconer, eds. The Cost of Child Maltreatment: Who Pays? We All Do. San Diego, CA: Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute, 2001, pp. 15–37.
See also R. F. Anda, et al “The Enduring Effects of Abuse and Related Adverse Experiences in Childhood: A Convergence of Evidence from Neurobiology and Epidemiology.” European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 256, no. 3 (April 2006), pp. 174–186.
BABY BOOMERS AND SUICIDE
The surge in the suicide rate among middle-aged Americans
Sullivan, Erin M., et al. “Suicide Among Adults Aged 35–64 Years—United States, 1999–2010.” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, May 3, 2013. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6217a1.htm. Accessed March 20, 2015.
SUICIDE PREVALENCE
One in 41,149 suicides in the United States that year, making suicide the nation’s tenth leading cause of death
Xu, Jiaquan, et al. “Mortality in the United States, 2012.” NCHS Data Brief no. 168 (October 2014). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Suicide is now the second leading cause of death in the armed forces
Corr, William P. “Suicides and Suicide Attempts Among Active Component Members of the U.S. Armed Forces, 2010–2012: Methods of Self-Harm Vary by Major Geographic Region of Assignment.” Medical Surveillance Monthly Report 21, no. 10 (October 2014), p. 2. A publication of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center. www.afhsc.mil/documents/pubs/msmrs/2014/v21_n10.pdf.
See also “Defense Department to Do More to Assist Warfighters with Mental Illness.” Health.mil: The Official Website of the Military Health System and the Defense Health Agency (March 20, 2015). www.health.mil/News/Articles/2015/03/20/Defense-Department-to-do-More-to-Assist-Warfighters-with-Mental-Illness.
SUICIDE BEREAVEMENT
Dr. Katherine Dunham
Bailey, S. E., M. J. Kral, and K. Dunham. “Survivors of Suicide Do Grieve Differently: Empirical Support for a Common Sense Proposition.” Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior 29, no. 3 (Autumn 1999): pp. 256–271. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10531638.
Acknowledgments
Portland is a writer’s town, and before David died, my favorite evenings were spent at a Pinewood table in Joanna Rose’s home. The writers I met there continue to inspire me with the depth of their talent and the generosity of their hearts. Scott Sparling offered so many tender comments and suggestions about this book, I cried over the notes he wrote in the margins. Laura Stanfill helped me edit a second draft while her new baby, Trixie, slept in her arms. Stevan Allred gobsmacked me with every new poem and short story. Suzy Vitello, at another table across town, offered poignant advice on loss and love, even as she came to terms with her own magnificent loss.
I began this book in the year after David’s death. The manuscript might have stayed on the top shelf of my desk if not for the tenacity of my agent, Sandra Bishop, who never, ever, ever gives up. My brilliant editor at Seal Press, Laura Mazer, prompted me to go back over the manuscript with a reporter’s eye to reveal the signs and symptoms I’d missed and share my research on mental illness. For that idea, and a thousand others that make this book more relevant and accessible, thank you.
And to David’s family: Thank you for your support. We have changed names to protect your privacy, but your family’s legacy is still very much alive in Zasha, aka the amazing Soph.
About the Author
author photo © Deneb Catalan
Five-time Emmy-winner Sheila Hamilton is the news director and morning show cohost at KINK-FM in Portland. Hamilton’s storytelling resume runs through film, commercial television, radio, and print. She began her career as an Associate Producer for public broadcasting and then anchored and reported commercial television news for KTVX in Salt Lake City, Utah and KATU in Portland, Oregon.
Hamilton was recently voted Oregon’s Best Radio Personality. She also writes cover stories for About Face Magazine and is a frequent speaker and emcee for her favorite causes—mindful mental health and empowerment for girls. She serves on th
e board of Girls Inc., an organization empowering girls to be strong, smart, and bold and The Flawless Foundation, a mental health advocacy organization. Find her online at SheilaHamilton.com.
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