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Understanding & Preventing Suicide
Manage episode 493598535 series 77544
Suicide in America is on a steady longterm rise. Over 49,000 people took their own lives in 2023. Why is this? What can be done to prevent suicide when someone you know may be at risk?
Dick’s guest, Tom Butero is a licensed independent clinical social worker in Massachusetts and has devoted the last 50 years to the study of suicide and suicide prevention. He has just published the book “I Don’t Want to Die: A New Look at Suicide Assessment, Intervention, and Prevention.”
44 episodes
Manage episode 493598535 series 77544
Suicide in America is on a steady longterm rise. Over 49,000 people took their own lives in 2023. Why is this? What can be done to prevent suicide when someone you know may be at risk?
Dick’s guest, Tom Butero is a licensed independent clinical social worker in Massachusetts and has devoted the last 50 years to the study of suicide and suicide prevention. He has just published the book “I Don’t Want to Die: A New Look at Suicide Assessment, Intervention, and Prevention.”
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