Parkland, PTSD, and Suicide [psychologytoday.com]

Alicia Doktor 4/5/1912:00 PM

In the past few weeks, we tragically lost two Parkland mass shooting survivors—Sidney Aiello and Calvin Desir—to suicide. Around the same time, Jeremy Richman, whose daughter was killed in the Newtown mass shooting, died by suicide too.

These heart-wrenching losses have prompted public discussion about connections between suicide and trauma.

What is PTSD?

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5) defines trauma as exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence that is experienced: 1) directly, 2) by witnessing it happen to someone else, 3) by hearing about a close family member or friendexperiencing it, and/or 4) repeated or extreme exposure to trauma details through one’s work (e.g., as a first responder).

[For more on this story by Kathryn Gordon Ph.D., go to https://www.psychologytoday.co...and-ptsd-and-suicide]

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