Read more about the article Suicide Risk After Dementia: Why the First Months Are Most Dangerous
Dementia / Alzheimer’s / Memory Loss / Difficult Conversations / Mental Health Topics / Suicide Prevention

Suicide Risk After Dementia: Why the First Months Are Most Dangerous

September 30, 2025

  Suicide Risk Spikes After a Dementia Diagnosis: Here’s Why Receiving a dementia diagnosis changes everything. For many people, it brings relief—finally, there’s an explanation for the confusion, memory lapses,…

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September 30, 2025
Read more about the article Desire to Hasten Death vs. Suicide: What’s the Difference?
Difficult Conversations / End of Life / Medical & Health Care / Mental Health Topics / Professionals / Suicide Prevention

Desire to Hasten Death vs. Suicide: What’s the Difference?

October 26, 2023

In the warm embrace of therapeutic spaces, we frequently encounter stories and emotions that challenge our own value system. One such deeply intimate and ethically charged territory is the intersection…

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October 26, 2023
Read more about the article Older Adults & Psychiatric Inpatient Units with Dr. Lisa Frank
Anxiety / Dementia / Alzheimer’s / Memory Loss / Depression / Interviews with Aging Experts / Mental Health Topics / Severe Mental Illness / Suicide Prevention

Older Adults & Psychiatric Inpatient Units with Dr. Lisa Frank

December 18, 2019

  Caring for an aging parent who has been hospitalized on a psychiatric inpatient unit is incredibly challenging.   Older adults who end up needing psychiatric inpatient care may have…

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December 18, 2019