Carter, founder of Mental Health Is Real Wealth, leads a bi-monthly mental health group in Los Angeles' Leimert Park neighborhood, and on a recent Thursday, 15 Black men gathered inside a conference room without pressure and without women. As the men walked in, they dapped each other up and leaned in for an embrace.
According to the NYPD, the 30-year-old man was on the tracks on the B and C line at the station at West 96th Street and Central Park West when an oncoming train hit him around 7:05 a.m. Monday. Police said the train operator saw the man on the tracks but was not able to stop the train in time. Police said the man was pronounced dead on the scene around 7:30 a.m.
I am partial to suicide hotlines, not least because that is where I started a path that eventually led me to becoming a therapist. I was for some time a volunteer at a suicide hotline, working several-hour shifts and occasionally overnight. I had the opportunity to train in speaking with people who are suicidal, and to work alongside some remarkably dedicated people.
"What began as a homework helper gradually turned itself into a confidant and then a suicide coach," said Matthew Raine, whose 16-year-old son hanged himself after ChatGPT instructed him on how to set up the noose, according to his lawsuit against OpenAI. This summer, he and his wife sued OpenAI for wrongful death. (OpenAI has said that the firm is "deeply saddened by Mr. Raine's passing" and that although ChatGPT includes a number of safeguards, they "can sometimes become less reliable in long interactions.")
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District is has $300,000 in funding available through its 2025 Grantmaking Program. Public agencies, nonprofits and educational institutions are invited to submit pre-proposals for projects that further scientific understanding of the natural world, build capacity in the conservation field or support nature-focused access, interpretation and/or education for the public. There are two award tiers: Tier 1 is for projects up to $30,000 and Tier 2 will fund projects between $30,001 and $60,000.
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District is has $300,000 in funding available through its 2025 Grantmaking Program. Public agencies, nonprofits and educational institutions are invited to submit pre-proposals for projects that further scientific understanding of the natural world, build capacity in the conservation field or support nature-focused access, interpretation and/or education for the public. There are two award tiers: Tier 1 is for projects up to $30,000 and Tier 2 will fund projects between $30,001 and $60,000.
The pain is still there, but Ilona Luth and Patricia Gerstendorfer can laugh once again. Sitting together on two wooden chairs, they smile at each other. Their friendship is marked by a shared traumatic experience: Both lost loved ones to suicide. "I asked Patricia all the questions I didn't dare ask myself at the time," says Ilona. "Do I need therapy now? Can I continue working? Can I manage without medication? Patricia encouraged me to do what felt right."
When Ilona suddenly lost her husband to suicide six years ago, she was heading the customs department of a medium-sized company. Distracting herself with work helped her to bring a sense of normality back into her life, she recalls. Ilona quickly realized that she wouldn't be able to cope with her loss alone so she sought help. A neighbor told her about a support group in Berlin. There, she met Patricia, who's been the group's volunteer leader for over 10 years.
Williams painted the index finger of his right hand teal and his ring finger purple - the colours of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. He adorned the middle finger with a suicide prevention ribbon. On his left hand, the index, middle and ring fingers sported the numbers 988. A sub-section of the national suicide crisis helpline, the LGBTQ+ Youth Specialised Service hotline, was shut down by the Trump administration in July under changes to the US federal budget.
A damning investigation found staff repeatedly missed opportunities to help Rajwinder Singh, 36, who took his own life 11 days after arriving at the south-west London prison in June 2023. The prison falsified records, ignored his call bell and did not check on him when his wife phoned with concerns for his welfare the day he died. A Prisons and Probation Ombudsman report said the prison "made critical and repeated failings in their duty of care to Mr Singh".
