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On 13 Reasons Why: Acknowledging those working in suicide prevention
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By Katerina Kavalidou
“No matter what you are going through, there is help out there; suicide is not the solution”
The above is an important message from Professor Rory O’Connor, an expert on suicide research and prevention, regarding the recent airing of 13 Reasons Why, a TV series about a teenage girl’s suicide. Reading this, I started thinking about one particular group of people working on suicide prevention: those who pick up the calls at suicide helplines. Continue Reading