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Depression shouldn’t be a terminal illness. How to tell if your depression is serious, and when to seek care.

Money, Power, Death: Why Are Celebrities Like Chris Lighty Committing Suicide?

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Showtime insists it’s time for the Black community to start talking about depression, and for men to stop trying to bear every burden alone.

Waterloo Sunset’s Fine: An Insight into Male Solitude

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One of the main symptoms people with depression describe isn’t upset, but detachment.

Trying to Make Sense of Tony Scott’s Death

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As much as we wish there were conclusive answers to our questions, there often simply aren’t any.

Top Gun Director Tony Scott Dead of Apparent Suicide

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Top Gun, Days of Thunder, The Good Wife, Numb3rs and more… Tony Scott was a powerful and prolific director and producer and he will be sorely missed. It is time we looked at the rates of suicide among men, and perhaps this tragic loss will help us focus on preventing future losses.

Boys, Men, and Suicide

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Although 80% of completed suicides are by males, there are no national programs specifically aimed at men or boys. Tom Golden wants to change that.

Titans Receiver O.J. Murdock Apparent Suicide

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Justin Cascio examines the high cost of fame, including the apparent suicide of O.J. Murdock.

The Apparent Suicide of OJ Murdock – An S.O.S. For the NFL

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Mark Radcliffe hopes that the NFL-and the nation-will learn something from the tragic death of yet another NFL player.

Men Need to Learn to Ask For Help

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Andrew Smiler discusses the importance of men asking for help, and why “going it alone” can only do harm.

Don Cornelius and The Day the Myth of Black Suicide Died

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Shawn Maxam says we need to debunk the myth that Black people don’t ever commit suicide.

Suicide and Mad Men

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Jake DiMare takes a look at the male dominated epidemic of suicide through the lens of AMC’s Mad Men.