Suicide risk can be hard to measure. But a brain's reaction to words like 'carefree' may offer clues
When a person's distress, depression or discouragement appears to have taken a sharp turn for the worse, it's time to ask him or her a weighty question: Are you thinking of harming yourself?
If only the answer were a better guide. One study has found that nearly 80 percent of patients who took their own lives denied they were contemplating suicide in their last contact with a mental health care professional. Friends and
