Keyword: suicide
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We must act to end veteran suicide
Earlier this month, we celebrated Veterans Day, and thanked those who have served our nation for their sacrifice and that of their families. We must always remember . . . more
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Resolve to monitor your mental health in 2021
Let’s say it like it was: 2020 was miserable. It was a horrid year for us all. Everyone — everyone — was affected to one degree or another by . . . more
Police officers from New York City, Nassau and Suffolk counties and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey stepped up to bat against police suicide at Baldwin Park on Sept. 26.
Strikeout Suicide game draws big crowd in Baldwin
In September 2019, New York City Police Department Detective Chris Panetta, 42, and his wife, Nassau County probation officer and college professor Michelle Panetta, 34, created Beyond the Badge NY, … more
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Beyond the Badge NY is returning for its second annual Strikeout Suicide Charity Softball Game on Sept. 26 after it was given the green light by the Town of Hempstead.
Softball benefit for police set for next month
Last September, Chris and Michelle Panetta took on an important task. Chris, 42, a New York City Police detective, and Michelle, 34, a Nassau County probation officer, sought to put an end to police … more
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Chris and Michelle Panetta are working to reduce the number of deaths by suicide among law enforcement officers.
Cops’ counsel: ‘Let someone hear you’
On Feb. 20, New York City lost its second active or former law enforcement officer in four days. Recently retired New York Police Department Officer Danny Shirreffs, 46, died of an apparent suicide … more
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Making room for mental health in schools
"I’m going trick-or-treating with Freddy Brown this Halloween dressed as Chucky.” I said this to my mom as I left my therapist’s office at the Bio Behavioral Institute in Great Neck. more
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Health insurers count on our silence
I didn’t attend many funerals in my childhood. One that I recall was for the father of a close childhood friend. more
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No matter the desperation, suicide isn’t the answer
When anyone, especially a teenager, dies by suicide, it is difficult to comprehend. We see the person, seemingly vibrant, alive, and we wonder how . . . more
Rabbi Aaron Glatt, M.D., left, and Nathan Diament
The AMA should reject physician-assisted suicide
The Hippocratic Oath has been passed down through the ages because it contains some perennial wisdom: I will keep the sick from harm and injustice. I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody who asks for it, nor make a suggestion to this effect. more
Dr. Marc Ferris
Mental health teaching is now required in schools
The Wantagh, Seaford and Levittown public school districts will be among those tasked this fall with incorporating age-appropriate mental health education into the curriculum for all grades. more
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