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The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is a voluntary health organization that advocates for research and education around suicide, based in New York City, with a public policy office based in Washington, D.C. [1] The organization's stated mission is to "save lives and bring hope to those affected by suicide." [2]
The construction of a suicide prevention net is currently being discussed by public authorities and the concessionary of the bridge. [83] Costanera Center: Santiago: Santiago Chile: Dubbed as the "suicide mall", the fifth floor and the surrounding stairs had to be covered with large fences due to suicide rates. [84] [85] Puente de la Virgen ...
The film focuses on the employees who staff the United States Department of Veterans Affairs suicide hotline in Canandaigua, New York.The 44-minute documentary shows the emotional strain the job has on employees (many of whom are veterans, former service members, or military family members), and the deep compassion and devotion they have for veterans in a time of crisis.
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four. He wrote, "Many of the parts of City Hall are so good that the whole should add up to more, but it doesn't." [8] Janet Maslin of The New York Times had high praise for Danny Aiello's "beauty of a performance", calling it the "heart of the tale". [9]
If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988, text "STRENGTH" to the Crisis Text Line at 741741 or go to 988lifeline.org.
The CDC reported recently that heroin-related overdose deaths jumped 39 percent nationwide between 2012 and 2013, surging to 8,257. In the past decade, Arizona’s heroin deaths rose by more than 90 percent. New York City had 420 heroin overdose deaths in 2013 — the most in a decade.
He was a lawyer for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, and in that role he acted as a personal representative for Cardinal Francis Spellman and testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Education in 1963. [16] [17] Cusack Jr. was also the personal counsel to Cardinal John O'Connor. [13] Cusack Jr. died on October 28, 1985, aged 66. [13]
Cusack, who retired from The Times in 2015, died Monday, with her two daughters at her side, at Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks. She was 72 and had struggled with interstitial ...