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The Family Relied On Me. And Now They Can’t. | Case Studies: Older Adult Suicide
Case Studies: A Conversation about Older Adult Suicide is a new three-part Recovery Diaries series that presents the difficult conversation around the topic of suicide among older adults. Tom’s story, highlighted in this video, sparks a dialogue about compounding issues of aging and health concerns that might cause someone to consider suicide.
Tom is married and was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.
In 2022, among the nearly 49,449 suicides that took place in the U.S., 10,433 were attributed to people age 65 and up.
Feelings of hopelessness, a lack of independence and a perceived lack of control over his medical decisions may be factors in Tom’s decision. “We can guess that that Tom feels like a burden,” says therapist Bianca O’Connor McDermott, LPC. “A sense of burdensomeness is always a risk factor in any suicide, but in older adult suicide, specifically in this case, I think we can guess that Tom’s thinking ‘Someone would have to care for me. Maybe I was the breadwinner. Maybe I was the caretaker. Maybe the family relied on me and now they can’t.’ That thought may be too painful to bear.”
The number of Americans ages 65 and older will more than double over the next 40 years, reaching 80 million in 2040.
Case Studies: A Conversation about Older Adult Suicide features commentary from mental health professionals to promote awareness about this significant and growing public health issue. Interviewees include Jennifer Haeussler-Barnhart, Montgomery County Office of Senior Services; therapist Bianca O’Connor McDermott, LPC; and Tony Salvatore, MA, from Montgomery County Emergency Service. Jennifer, Bianca and Tony comprise the Older Adult Suicide Prevention Committee of the Montgomery County Suicide Prevention Task Force.
The series features animated stories of seniors who have attempted suicide (artfully envisioned by motion graphics designer Andrea Bitai) as a springboard for each discussion. The case studies shared here are stories taken from real life and are used by mental health professionals in presentations to promote understanding and awareness about the issue. They present startling truths about older adult suicide, as well as raise important questions that we need to ask ourselves as we wrestle with this difficult topic.
We hope that Case Studies: A Conversation about Older Adult Suicide can serve as an awakening of the issue, an exploration that presents the scope and scale of the problem and a search for solutions. Our goal with this series is to help people all over the world who are struggling to find anything on this topic to gain access to hopeful, helpful messaging around older adult suicide.
According to Bianca O'Connor McDermott, “If there are two things Americans are afraid of, it's being old and death. Those are two things that we don't talk about in any context. I mean, you put them both in one conversation that is a conversation we are not going to have.” We invite you to join this important conversation.
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline outlines five action steps that you can take if you know an older adult who is thinking about suicide.
If you or someone you know may be in crisis or considering suicide, please call, text, or chat the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988.
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There Was No Answer At Her Front Door | Case Studies: A Conversation About Older Adult Suicide
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Older adults tend to plan suicide more carefully. They are also more likely to use more lethal methods. “Older adults die by suicide at a rate greater than any other age group. And that comes as a surprise to most people,” says therapist Bianca O’Connor McDermott, LPC, in Case Studies: A Conversation about Older Adult Suicide, a new three-part Recovery Diaries series that presents the difficult...
No Food. Can't Think. I Want to Die. | Case Studies: A Conversation About Older Adult Suicide
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According to the National Council on Aging, suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., and rates are on the rise-especially among people age 65 and over. See More: oc87recoverydiaries.org/category/case-studies-older-adult-suicide/ Case Studies: A Conversation about Older Adult Suicide is a new three-part Recovery Diaries series that presents the difficult conversation around the...
Case Studies: A Conversation About Older Adult Suicide (Preview)
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“If there are two things that Americans are afraid of, it's being old and death. Those are two things that we don't talk about in any context. I mean, you put them both in one conversation and that is a conversation we are not going to have,” says psychotherapist Bianca O'Connor McDermott, LPC. OC87 Recovery Diaries is ready to have this conversation. To that end, we are creating a series that ...
Writing for Life: A Teenage Author’s Journey with Depression & Anxiety | Justin Kemp
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“I took all of the pain that I was feeling and put it into my book.” Justin Maxwell Kemp is a brave and gifted young man. He is a high school senior who wrote and published “Dear,” a short novel informed by his own journey with depression and anxiety. I met Justin at a recent book signing and talk/reading. As Justin shared his story, everyone present was moved by his words, honesty and vulnerab...
I'm all about all of our family. - Steven B. Smith | Gun Violence Mental Health Recovery
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Learn more about B's story: oc87recoverydiaries.org/steven-b-smith/
I dealt with depression. - Steven B. Smith | Gun Violence Mental Health Recovery
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Remembering Steven B. Smith: oc87recoverydiaries.org/steven-b-smith/
Don't let the wheelchair and the ventilator fool you. - Steven B. Smith | Mental Health Recovery
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Remembering Steven B. Smith: oc87recoverydiaries.org/steven-b-smith/
My emotional journey? A roller coaster! - Steven B. Smith | Gun Violence Mental Health Recovery
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Learn more about B's story: oc87recoverydiaries.org/steven-b-smith/
I give them hope, inspiration - Steven B. Smith | Gun Violence Mental Health Recovery
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Learn more about B's story: oc87recoverydiaries.org/steven-b-smith/
How do I go about my day? - Steven B. Smith | Gun Violence Mental Health Recovery
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Remembering Steven B. Smith: oc87recoverydiaries.org/steven-b-smith/
Abbey’s Bakery: Grief into Hope into Action
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From film director Glenn Holsten - I first met Jon and Michelle Wolf and their family in 2021 at the NAMI Stride 5K Walk to End Mental Health Stigma in Bucks County, PA. I was there with a crew filming a profile of Nick Emeigh, Associate Executive Director of NAMI Bucks County, PA (aka NAMI MAN, the world’s only mental health superhero). Nick introduced me to the Abbey’s Bakery crew of family m...
Tommy Horsey: Modeling Vulnerability
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oc87recoverydiaries.org/tommy-horsey/
Immortal Dark Manga & Mental Health with James Church
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“I am deeply invested in blackness and I’m deeply invested in mental health-specifically as it relates to generational trauma.” - James Church I first met James Church (who is also known as Enoch the Poet) when I was working on a series for OC87 Recovery Diaries about The Healing Verse Poetry Line (1-855-763-6792), a toll-free telephone line that offers callers a 90-second poem and a moment of ...
Painting Through Depression with Kathyna
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Kathyna Hatla is an artist who lives in Bryan, Texas. Kathyna’s soulful paintings of the natural world are filled with beauty and light and color, though they are informed by a journey filled with pain and depression and struggle. “I use the analogy of the storms, because my life has been pretty stormy the past couple of decades. But I always try to incorporate some light elements to show that ...
Gabe Nathan's Note(s) to Self | Depression, Anxiety, Mental Health Recovery Short Film
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Gabe Nathan's Note(s) to Self | Depression, Anxiety, Mental Health Recovery Short Film
Postpartum Depression Healing | Samantha's Maternal Mental Health Story
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Postpartum Depression Healing | Samantha's Maternal Mental Health Story
Perinatal Depression and Postpartum Anxiety | Regina's Maternal Mental Health Story
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Perinatal Depression and Postpartum Anxiety | Regina's Maternal Mental Health Story
Postpartum OCD & Depression | Jabina's Maternal Mental Health Story
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Postpartum OCD & Depression | Jabina's Maternal Mental Health Story
Postpartum Depression Recovery | Liz’s Maternal Mental Health Story
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Postpartum Depression Recovery | Liz’s Maternal Mental Health Story
Postpartum Depression & Anxiety | Keli’s Maternal Mental Health Story
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Postpartum Depression & Anxiety | Keli’s Maternal Mental Health Story
Holding Space: Stories of Maternal Mental Health
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Holding Space: Stories of Maternal Mental Health
NAMI Man | Nicholas Emeigh, NAMI Bucks County, PA | National Alliance on Mental Illness
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NAMI Man | Nicholas Emeigh, NAMI Bucks County, PA | National Alliance on Mental Illness
NAMI Man Film Sneak Peek! - National Alliance on Mental Illness
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NAMI Man Film Sneak Peek! - National Alliance on Mental Illness
The Hip Hop Therapist | Ronald Crawford
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The Hip Hop Therapist | Ronald Crawford
Mental Health & Poetry with Poet Ursula Rucker | The Healing Verse Poetry Line
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Mental Health & Poetry with Poet Ursula Rucker | The Healing Verse Poetry Line
Mental Health & Poetry with Poet Thomas Devaney | The Healing Verse Poetry Line
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Mental Health & Poetry with Poet Thomas Devaney | The Healing Verse Poetry Line
Mental Health & Poetry with Poet Yolanda Wisher | The Healing Verse Poetry Line
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Mental Health & Poetry with Poet Yolanda Wisher | The Healing Verse Poetry Line
Mental Health & Poetry with Poet Cydney Brown | The Healing Verse Poetry Line
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Mental Health & Poetry with Poet Cydney Brown | The Healing Verse Poetry Line
The Healing Verse - Trapeta B. Mayson | Poetry & Mental Health
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The Healing Verse - Trapeta B. Mayson | Poetry & Mental Health

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  • @alinecostacomoestudarnoext8050
    @alinecostacomoestudarnoext8050 5 днів тому

    Woooow that's so good to see I am not alone :( and I am feeling much better now

  • @roxsandbebbs2715
    @roxsandbebbs2715 6 днів тому

    Awwww so sad. 💙My prayers God is with you

  • @roxsandbebbs2715
    @roxsandbebbs2715 6 днів тому

    So sad! 🙏

  • @RyanVaughn-lc2bp
    @RyanVaughn-lc2bp 9 днів тому

    You VA veterans with post traumatic stress disorder and bipolar disorders in denial don't wanna do treatment or pop a pill don't wanna be seen as retarded so you can get you're dick up aw just stop

  • @abdulsijad2419
    @abdulsijad2419 11 днів тому

    only god can help u if u are suffering.....

  • @faithfulsoul5020
    @faithfulsoul5020 11 днів тому

    Extra Mile so poignant...It carries the pain and suffering through which he was negotiating all alone..God bless his soul🎉🎉🎉

  • @jacqln405
    @jacqln405 14 днів тому

    My mother has had schizophrenia for years since 30 im 37 i was 5 when she first got it. Really sad but you learn and it becomes ok

  • @RobertRobinson-dy3rj
    @RobertRobinson-dy3rj 19 днів тому

    Disgusting to have a number for a name 💀💀💀💀

  • @Kgdaone
    @Kgdaone 29 днів тому

    I got shot on June 2nd this year, along with my younger brother and our friend. I’m 22 weeks pregnant. I vividly remember the burning sensation and how painful the hospital visits were/are when it came to changing my bandages. I’m so lucky that all three of us survived. It’s a sad situation that affects everyone and the families involved too. I know it hurts my mom to know both her children got shot, and to constantly see the pain we’re going through. Gun violence is no joke and I wish people valued human life more. All it would’ve took was me not listening to my instincts and I could’ve got shot somewhere else, closer range, or shot in my stomach. Thank God I’m alive

  • @jayknock1441
    @jayknock1441 Місяць тому

    Been serving as a law enforcement officer for 25 years now and one thing that always sticks out in my mind was attempting CPR on a 2 year old girl that was slowly ran over by a truck from feet to head completely. I still see her face in my mind to this day, poor baby.

  • @BlackKingEnt
    @BlackKingEnt Місяць тому

    An amazing person ! This is such a moving story.

  • @Sr.D
    @Sr.D Місяць тому

    I just take anxiolytics and alcohol, not even American, 16 years on the streets, trying to find my way out.

  • @khaliddurrani6432
    @khaliddurrani6432 2 місяці тому

    When I was a young teenager I saw Med students on the bikes wearing white coats and some carrying Stethoscopes around the neck. That was when I fell for this n highly acclaimed profession. With hard work and determination I entered the Med school. Another five years of diverse studies, some moments of happiness but mostly shocks and jolts along the way I qualified and started internship in OBGy since I found in an OBGy prof a role model for myself . While on rotation to Surgery as I carried out some minor operations I believed I was on the top of the world. So I came back to surgery and long after endless days and sleepless nights I was blessed with the ultimate joy of fellowship in surgery. Fuelled by ambition and pleasure I followed an academic carrier until the day of retirement and occasionally afterwards until this day. I may have touched the hearts of some people, my students, patients and juniors, I was also touched by their gratitude and prayers. It dawned to me early enough that Surgery was not just a profession, it’s a passion, more like a mission. There are successes and their are failures but you keep going for the the sake of the sick and ailing humanity. Asked If I take the same road, I shall say YES .

  • @m.oldani
    @m.oldani 2 місяці тому

    Spooked. That while place needs to be inspected inccase any raw human bones apear.

    • @m.oldani
      @m.oldani 2 місяці тому

      You can tell I'm afraid.

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    @sigalbohbot5800 2 місяці тому

    עבודות יפות.

  • @Jason-iz6ob
    @Jason-iz6ob 2 місяці тому

    It was after my 2nd shooting that I finally realized the department doesn’t give a f*** about you. They send you to the shrink as a check the box to cover the department that’s paying them. If you ask any other questions they just tell you to call somebody on your own.

  • @michellelouisemonet
    @michellelouisemonet 2 місяці тому

    The image of picking up those pieces. I always remember years ago I said that I would not leave any part of me behind and just like looking in the dirt for my soul. Life with a schizophrenic mother or father is terrifying. I am lucky my mum did recover but I think I took her memories and energies to save her and now I’m left with underlying symptoms not fully but I recognise them. And becoming very unwell is a normality for me. And yer my kids had to see me from very young unwell. But I took care of them. They didn’t have to live on the streets like I did, to get away from my parents. So rather than running away now I need to meet that part of me that could of gone one to be schizophrenic and release that trauma and it is in my dna and it’s inherited but mine wasn’t fully recognised as I am too intelligently aware of myself. So it’s a bit of living between worlds. So I must integrate that so my family doesn’t have to inherit this and hopefully delete that from our genetic coding. Recoding I guess.

  • @1tru1
    @1tru1 3 місяці тому

    I cried so had 😢 guns are one of the worst things man have made I have lost so many friends family and the love of my life to a gun fix it Jesus please or send your angels down here we need your help!

  • @adam88-
    @adam88- 3 місяці тому

    He's not wrong. A lot of calls are fairly minimal, non-injury traffic crashes, noise complaints etc. A lot of emergency services call takers & dispatchers forget that what is minimal to them because they experience it every day is someone worst day. Numerous DV related calls for service, where its the same people week in week out. But then you get those calls, the ones you still think about months or years later. The ones that still make your eyes sting when you think about them.

  • @henriquetmudjibumufoncol2279
    @henriquetmudjibumufoncol2279 3 місяці тому

    Ursula Rucker!!! Rocket 🚀!!❤

  • @user-ns7se4vp9s
    @user-ns7se4vp9s 3 місяці тому

    This is interesting because it is not in the documentary. When I am too tired to go out, I don't do a social fake, I just tell people, "I am too tired. I need to decompress. I am going home now. Goodnight."

  • @BrutalCarnage
    @BrutalCarnage 3 місяці тому

    im black and trans, born as a women. I feel so bad for white trans women/men because I think it's easier to tell the difference. Since transitioning I have had almost no problems with people believing I'm a black man, compared to when I was a woman growing up. I think many black women also have this problem, I've seen manly inherently masculine black women like me who are probably men but feel uncomfortable coming out, since the LGBT community isn't that prevalent within black communities.

  • @ARagland
    @ARagland 3 місяці тому

    Thank you for sharing your story. You're helping so many people. Praying for you ❤

  • @_k_rolls_turbo_
    @_k_rolls_turbo_ 3 місяці тому

    Quit

    • @pepperpot1914
      @pepperpot1914 3 місяці тому

      What a brilliant suggestion! Rather like the folks who tell people who identify legitimate problems with the United States to "love it or leave it."

  • @user-kq5gv4gy4b
    @user-kq5gv4gy4b 3 місяці тому

    If they view reaching out as weakness then they shouldn't be cops

    • @firstinlastout869
      @firstinlastout869 Місяць тому

      Don’t talk about something you know nothing about.

  • @ericlondon2663
    @ericlondon2663 3 місяці тому

    STFU "Poor me, I decided to pursue my dangerous career that's why I am a drunk bully." (yes, we know you are a bully. Just stop. Tired of whining cops. YOU were not appointed a cop. You chose this. YOU are a f'ing volunteer, not a victim.

  • @johndwyer5246
    @johndwyer5246 3 місяці тому

    Children of Kennedy, call ...ireland

  • @johndwyer5246
    @johndwyer5246 3 місяці тому

    Explain, sorry for being abrupt, call to ireland we like to listen

  • @paulking8275
    @paulking8275 3 місяці тому

    Heros don’t premeditate being a hero.

  • @Texas_Made_
    @Texas_Made_ 3 місяці тому

    Love his attitude!

  • @lorraineoneill9297
    @lorraineoneill9297 4 місяці тому

    Thank you for sharing your experience. It's so brave and inspiring and will help so many people going through depression.

  • @mercedesbrooks514
    @mercedesbrooks514 4 місяці тому

    I’m 6 months pp with pp ocd. My intrusive thoughts are about my health. I have the common ones like would’ve something happen to my baby but most times mine are would’ve something happen to me? Who would care for my kids

  • @user-xm4xr2cg5o
    @user-xm4xr2cg5o 4 місяці тому

    Keep it up

  • @magneticcreatives
    @magneticcreatives 4 місяці тому

    More people need to see this video ❤ - everybody wants to hold the baby, who will hold the mother? ❤❤❤❤❤❤ Thank you for holding space for us!

    • @OC87RD
      @OC87RD Місяць тому

      Well said!

  • @buzz5969
    @buzz5969 4 місяці тому

    Seemshe could tackle his PTSD and still serve on NAVY ships.😊

  • @buzz5969
    @buzz5969 4 місяці тому

    Curious what his rank Was and was dude even in combat as a rescue swimmer?⚓️🇺🇸🍻✌🏻

    • @pepperpot1914
      @pepperpot1914 4 місяці тому

      Thanks for perpetuating the macho, horseshit stereotype that only combat veterans have somehow earned the "right" to be psychologically impacted and traumatized. Did you know the suicide rate is actually higher for non-combat veterans? You're on UA-cam with a fictitious screen name; he's being fully open and vulnerable with his identity, story, and emotions, for all to see, including opening himself up to criticism and derision by people like you. So maybe check your attitude and your emojis. ✌️

  • @shackthomas7500
    @shackthomas7500 4 місяці тому

    You all worry about what you did to people and I forgive you❤

  • @LftdBorksonYT
    @LftdBorksonYT 4 місяці тому

    someone please talk more about this he is the only person who understands

  • @Dimitrius-vz7ol
    @Dimitrius-vz7ol 4 місяці тому

    Wow powerful statements

  • @anthonygrimes8069
    @anthonygrimes8069 4 місяці тому

    It's a journey not a destination. Thank you Mike.

  • @rosanpink25
    @rosanpink25 4 місяці тому

    Ok, you talked me into putting Hawke in my tbr finally. I always look forward to your wrap ups so I can add to my tbr. Thanks for all the recs!

  • @GardenHomie
    @GardenHomie 4 місяці тому

    Godbless you Justin 🙏 ❤ you're going to help so many people.

  • @myriadpro1641
    @myriadpro1641 5 місяців тому

    Im sorry for your Loss, may Elijah be in a better place.

  • @randyhoffman226
    @randyhoffman226 5 місяців тому

    I lived with my grandma and grandpa growing up, and my grandpa had schizophrenia. I didn’t like him growing up, but when I look back on it now, I realize how much he was suffering. He’s been gone now for a long time, and I think where ever he is, I’m grateful he no longer has to live with the torment.

  • @kakimcclanahan1461
    @kakimcclanahan1461 5 місяців тому

    Love the message and the music is delightful.