Category: Suicide

Suicidal doctor left note asking cops to call TV star ex

Suicidal surgeon ex-husband of ABC News health reporter Dr. Jennifer Ashton left a note with her phone number alongside the message ‘call my wife’ before he jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge Dr. Robert C. Ashton Jr., 52, a noted thoracic surgeon, jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge on Saturday morning Before he jumped, he wrote down the number of his ex-wife, ABC News’ Chief Women’s Health Correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton, and a request to call her Authorities said his body was recovered from an area of ‘Palisades Interstate Park along the Hudson known as Hazard’s Dock shortly after he jumped’ Ashton, previously a contributor on talk show The Doctors, was named the first-ever Chief Women’s Health Correspondent for The Dr. Oz Show in 2016 Sources tell DailyMail.com the former couple amicably divorced and remained friends as they are the parents to … (more)

Get to grips with tragedies first, prevent it second

The loss of two young children’s lives points to a ‘missing step’ in New Zealand’s counselling and mental health services, says the New Zealand Association of Counsellors . In recent weeks, two girls aged 9 and 10 are believed to have taken their lives in unrelated incidents.

Pennar student’s marathon hopes to help mental health charity

Danielle Rowe, who is raising funds for the DPJ Foundation, is pictured with friend David Clark, just before the Cardiff half Marathon A PENNAR university student is running a marathon in Southampton this April, in memory of her late uncle, to raise funds for a Pembrokeshire mental health charity and highlight the issue of depression. Danielle Rowe, 20, from Cross Park, Pennar, currently in her third year studying aeronautical engineering at the University of Southampton, is running the April 23 ABP Southampton Marathon in aid of the DPJ Foundation, which aims to support people in rural Pembrokeshire with mental health problems.

Pennar student’s marathon hopes to help mental health charity

Danielle Rowe, who is raising funds for the DPJ Foundation, is pictured with friend David Clark, just before the Cardiff half Marathon A PENNAR university student is running a marathon in Southampton this April, in memory of her late uncle, to raise funds for a Pembrokeshire mental health charity and highlight the issue of depression. Danielle Rowe, 20, from Cross Park, Pennar, currently in her third year studying aeronautical engineering at the University of Southampton, is running the April 23 ABP Southampton Marathon in aid of the DPJ Foundation, which aims to support people in rural Pembrokeshire with mental health problems.

George Michael’s mother worried about his sexuality

The late singer – who was found dead at his home on Christmas Day after suffering heart failure aged 53 – admits his mum Lesley was very protective of him and feared he would suffer mental health problems if he was homosexual as she felt his father Kyriacos Panayiotou wouldn’t accept him. And Lesley was particularly concerned because her brother Colin, who was believed to have been secretly gay, and their father committed suicide after George was born in 1963, sparking her fears of a hereditary connection.

Patients suffer over gap between physical and mental health care

Family doctors are the first point of contact for most people seeking diagnosis and care, but a disconnect between physicians and mental health professionals leaves many stranded. Esme Hurst says her son took his own life after their family physician repeatedly told the family he was not suicidal, and failed to refer the Hursts to timely mental health treatment.