September is World Suicide Prevention Month and September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day. This is wonderful opportunity to tell you about the new 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. It used to be called National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and had a 10-digit phone number. In July 2022 the long awaited three-digit number, 988 launched. Despite [...]
In alignment with SAMHIN's goal of promoting more conversations about mental health within the South Asian community and recognizing the valuable contributions of others, we asked Angela, a physician, to share her encounters with the hesitance in Desi families to discuss mental health and suicide. More than twenty-five years have passed, yet the events of [...]
In keeping with SAMHIN’s mission of greater dialogue on mental health in the South Asian community and highlight the important work of others, we invited Tanish Apte-Joshi to share his thoughts on stigma associated with adolescent suicide during National Suicide Prevention Month. Adolescent suicide is a tragic and complex issue that affects far too many [...]
Life’s surprises encompass moments of joy and heartache. This blog post explores our family’s personal story of heartbreak to hope. Life is short, and I live by the mantra of enjoying every moment. However, when I found myself widowed at 37, I couldn't believe it was real. It was something I never expected to happen. [...]
In 2020, around 46.2% of the United States population received and sought mental health services. 8% was in the Asian population. Although there has been an increasing trend of individuals seeking support, there is still a reluctance to receive mental health services. Contributing factors range from the stigma of mental illness, lack of accessibility to [...]
According to the CDC, suicide is 10th leading cause of death in the U.S: there were 47,511 suicide deaths and 1.38 million suicide attempts in the U.S. These numbers become a blur for the family who has lost a loved one to suicide. It is the most devastating and life-changing experience. The suicide loss survivor [...]
September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day Light a candle near your window at 8:00 PM There is hardly anyone whose life has not been touched by suicide in one way or another. September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day. Let us take this opportunity to remember those whose lives have been affected by suicide, [...]
Photo by Roshnai Bhowal Mohit’s Story Not a single one of Mohit’s friends ever thought this could happen to Mohit. As a quiet, brilliant, and engaging soul, he inspired me and everyone around him. People used words such as profound, cultured and teacherly to describe Mohit. Even though we live in a culture in which [...]
Most of us have been touched by suicide. There are roughly 42,000 suicides every year in the U.S. Some have lost a young child, some lost a parent, a brother, a sister, a colleague, a friend or a classmate. In a recent survey conducted by SAMHIN, 30 percent of individuals who took the survey knew [...]
