SUICIDE: THE DEADLY SIGNALS - Carole Ritter - February 1978

Carole Ritter

The grisly headlines greet us daily: "Superstar Overdoses," "Executive Blows Brains Out," "Jilted Lover Leaps from Fifteenth Floor." Every year millions of people around the world decide life is no longer worth living and act accordingly. But suicide-one of the world's biggest health hazards - can be prevented. If each of us were more aware of certain deadly danger signals in ourselves and others, many if not most suicide attempts would never take place. Following are some questions about suicide that you may not have wanted to ask. They are questions about a subject which makes a lot of people queasy or embarrassed, but the answers are important-they could mean the difference between life and death for you or someone you know and love. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library