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title: 'Why people kill themselves (and others)'
published: true
date: '06:35 12-12-2018'
publish_date: '03:45 09/04/2018'
taxonomy:
    category:
        - scratchpad
    tag:
        - suicide
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author: 'Mark Goulson'
---

[The Suicide Wave](https://medium.com/s/radical-spirits/the-suicide-wave-f33f675e9ab8)

A writeup on philosopher William James and his solution for the suicide epidemic.

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[Part 1](https://medium.com/@mgoulston/why-people-kill-themselves-and-others-part-1-of-7-im-going-to-kill-myself-312c35599382) of an 8 part series from Mark Goulson that focuses on people who kill themselves (Parts 1–7) and kill others (Part 8)

The parts are

[Part 1](https://medium.com/@mgoulston/why-people-kill-themselves-and-others-part-1-of-7-im-going-to-kill-myself-312c35599382): I'm going to kill myself

[Part 2](https://medium.com/@mgoulston/why-people-kill-themselves-part-2-its-not-depression-24183d4bb99f): It’s not depression

[Part 3](https://medium.com/@mgoulston/why-people-kill-themselves-part-3-journey-into-and-out-of-the-dark-night-of-the-soul-bda4f2ba7804): Journey into and out of the Dark Night of the Soul

[ Part 4](https://medium.com/@mgoulston/why-people-kill-themselves-part-4-the-save-a-life-conversation-b4f99d973979): The “save a life” conversation

[Part 5](https://medium.com/@mgoulston/why-people-kill-themselves-part-5-interventional-empathy-for-suicide-hotlines-seven-words-9f6419210446): Interventional empathy for Suicide Hotlines  —  Seven Words

[Part 6](https://medium.com/@mgoulston/why-people-kill-themselves-part-6-design-thinking-suicide-prevention-3eeaee37ccef): Design Thinking Suicide Prevention

[Part 7](https://medium.com/@mgoulston/why-people-kill-themselves-part-7-death-by-double-standard-e2e6c977ee9d): Death by double standard

[Part 8](https://medium.com/@mgoulston/why-people-kill-themselves-and-others-part-7-beyond-columbine-a-conversation-with-sue-f7182b1fa8e): Beyond Columbine — A conversation with Sue Klebold