Suicide Rates are Expected to Increase Amid the Pandemic, and After
COVID-19 has taken more than 44 millions lives globally. However the pandemic has not just taken the lives of those who’ve lost the fight with the coronavirus, but also those who did not win the fight with their own mental thoughts. ...
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On World Mental Health Day, Experts Encourage Others To Seek Help If Feeling Isolated During Pandemic
Saturday marks World Mental Health Day. From the pandemic, to civil unrest and the upcoming election, mental health experts have noticed an uptick in patients seeking to help deal with day-to-day issues. “We know that a lot of people...
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Lisa Foxx talks to Didi Hirsch CEO Dr. Goldfinger about the importance of Suicide Prevention Month
Didi Hirsch CEO Dr. Jonathan Goldfinger was interviewed by Lisa Foxx on 104.3 MYfm about Suicide Prevention. Listen to the full interview here:
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Melissa Rivers Advocates for Suicide Prevention
Melissa Rivers advocates for Suicide Prevention and talks Didi Hirsch’s Alive & Running 5K Walk/Run – a virtual event in 2020. Watch the full clip:
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Melissa Rivers Talks Virtual Alive & Running and Suicide Prevention
Melissa Rivers appeared on Spectrum 1 News to discuss Suicide Prevention and the upcoming Alive & Running Virtual 5K Walk/Run for Suicide Prevention. Watch the full clip:
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Around Town: Angels, O.C. Health Care Agency team up with Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Center
The Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Center has teamed up with the Los Angeles Angels and the Orange County Health Care Agency to raise funds to bring more suicide prevention services to the people of Orange County. Through the end...
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Since COVID-19 struck, distress lines have been lighting up at the nation’s oldest suicide prevention center.
In 2014, after trying several times to take her own life, Ann Taylor, a former physical therapist and mother of two, went to a support group on Los Angeles’s Westside for survivors of suicide attempts. It was raining that...
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Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services Appoints Jonathan Goldfinger, MD, President & CEO and Promotes Senior Vice President Lyn Morris, LMFT, to COO
CULVER CITY, Calif., June 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services—a national leader in suicide prevention and one of Los Angeles County’s largest nonprofits treating families, youth, and adults with mental illness and substance use disorders—is proud to announce the selection...
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Reformers want police to step back from mental health calls. The LAPD says it’s been trying
Under current protocols, an LAPD patrol unit dispatched to a suicide call will stabilize the scene, handcuff the individual and, in some cases, determine if they meet the criteria for a 5150 hold, a detention of up to 72...
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Suicide prevention bill goes before Assembly Appropriations Committee
SACRAMENTO – With the stress and economic fallout from the COVID-19 emergency escalating mental hardships among millions of Californians, the Assembly Health Committee, approved on Monday, May 18, a unanimous bipartisan vote on a bill written by Assemblyman James...
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