Language, Suicide, And Stigma (Part 1 of 3)
Mar 13th, 2015 | Episode 9
"The language we use to describe events not only reflects our own attitudes but influences those attitudes as well as the attitudes of others."
--Sommer-Rotenberg, D.
Donna Schuurman, Senior Director of Advocacy and Training at The Dougy Center discusses some of the difficulties of language and stigma surrounding deaths by suicide.
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