Description
After completing this week’s lecture, class activity, and assigned readings, share your thoughts on the questions below:
If, like Olfson et al., we conceptualize suicide as a “death of despair,” then does the current public health crisis of increasing rates of suicide indicate a crisis of despair? Yes or no, and why?
If yes, what individual, family, county, state, and/or national strategies may address the crisis of despair? Explain your reasoning.
If no, what description would you use and why? What individual, family, county, state, and/or national strategies are needed? Explain your reasoning.