Results: Do what I say, not what I do
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People magazine recently ran a story about a suicide prevention advocate ending his own life. Have you read this story? //www.people.com/article/suicide-prevention-board-member-takes-own-life
//www.people.com/article/suicide-prevention-board-member-takes-own-life
Yes
5%
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83 votes
No
82%
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1403 votes
Undecided
5%
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78 votes
Not Applicable
9%
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152 votes
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Wollheim had recently retired and started his own counseling business (he became a mental health counselor at age 66, after retirement). Do you think this change in employment may have had anything to do with his depression, leading up to his own death? Yes
19%
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330 votes
No
15%
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253 votes
Undecided
52%
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890 votes
Not Applicable
14%
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243 votes
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Suicide has been found to be directly related to mental health. What do you think about a licensed mental health practitioner--even though he was one only for a year after retirement--choosing to take his own life? I am baffled and just don't understand it.
10%
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173 votes
He is human just like anyone else, so it doesn't matter what he did for a living.
43%
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732 votes
As a mental health and suicide prevention counselor, seems he wouldn't be one to take his own life.
12%
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201 votes
I have no idea.
34%
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577 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
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33 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.82% | 14 | |
| na | 0.17% | 3 |
| i feel bad that this man chose to take his life and i know some who may dislike what i say, but i was going through a bad time in my life and considered suicide, but iwas brought up in a christian home and went to god, and family for prayer and help. | 0.06% | 1 |
| he was in a profession that already has higher rates of suicide | 0.06% | 1 |
| you never truly know what a person is thinking/feeling. | 0.06% | 1 |
| most mental health "workers" have mental health problems and enga | 0.06% | 1 |
| there could of been other things going on that he was not even aware of . | 0.06% | 1 |
| i have found that most mental help practitioners are the ones who need mental health help the most | 0.06% | 1 |
| don't nut cases normally go into that line of work? | 0.06% | 1 |
| certain professions are prone to suicide. | 0.06% | 1 |
| he probably became one because he could relate to their feelings. then he probably listened to their feelings, empathized, and became more depressed, plus any personal events/issues, and he just wanted out of the world | 0.06% | 1 |
| i think many go into mental health professions to try to cure their own problems. it doesn't surprise me at all, nor is it the first i've heard of. | 0.06% | 1 |
| psychologist and doctors have the highest suicide rate | 0.06% | 1 |
| demons transfered to him from people he helped, he didn't have the blood of jesus. | 0.06% | 1 |
| we never know what else goes on in others lives | 0.06% | 1 |
| suicide is a personal choice - sometimes only way to make pain go away | 0.06% | 1 |
| hearing all those sad stories others told sent him over the edge and he decided life wasn't worth living. | 0.06% | 1 |
| he might have only become a mental health person to help other not kill himself like he did because he knew he was gonna do it, he just wanted to help some people first | 0.06% | 1 |
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Wollheim trained over 1,000 students to become suicide intervention specialists. How do you think his own suicide affected his former students? They probably now question whether suicide prevention is possible
32%
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541 votes
They probably feel betrayed
22%
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378 votes
They understand what he was going through and why he chose to end his life
23%
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402 votes
They may now find themselves in a vulnerable state since their teacher did what he trained them not to do
38%
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650 votes
Other (please specify)
8%
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143 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 1.94% | 41 | |
| na | 1.18% | 25 |
| n/a | 0.76% | 16 |
| don't know | 0.24% | 5 |
| not sure | 0.14% | 3 |
| no idea | 0.14% | 3 |
| i don't know | 0.14% | 3 |
| idk | 0.09% | 2 |
| undecided | 0.09% | 2 |
| no opinion | 0.05% | 1 |
| probably different for each student | 0.05% | 1 |
| so sad!! tugs at my heart strings. | 0.05% | 1 |
| profondly;. | 0.05% | 1 |
| may have take different effects in different people | 0.05% | 1 |
| bfd | 0.05% | 1 |
| they would probably be baffled | 0.05% | 1 |
| each case is different...hard to tell the real reasons | 0.05% | 1 |
| sadness | 0.05% | 1 |
| not sure how it would affect them | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldn't even attempt to answer this question. | 0.05% | 1 |
| in a variety of ways including those identified above. | 0.05% | 1 |
| over 1000 trained in a year does not leave a lot of room for much training | 0.05% | 1 |
| i think that at least one or two may learn what empathy is. | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't know. | 0.05% | 1 |
| unsure | 0.05% | 1 |
| i don't feel qualified to offer an opinion on this | 0.05% | 1 |
| they would likely try to understand why it happened | 0.05% | 1 |
| they probably feel a mix of emotions | 0.05% | 1 |
| probably a mix of all | 0.05% | 1 |
| i'm sure they were shocked and saddened. | 0.05% | 1 |
| could be any of the above. it depends on the student | 0.05% | 1 |
| nil | 0.05% | 1 |
| who knows? did you ask them? | 0.05% | 1 |
| multitude of responses here all of them right | 0.05% | 1 |
| other | 0.05% | 1 |
| irrelevant | 0.05% | 1 |
| only god truely knows the reason. | 0.05% | 1 |
| hell if i know | 0.05% | 1 |
| i have no idea | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't know i haven't talked to them | 0.05% | 1 |
| you would have to ask them. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i have no idea how they feel | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't know / don't care | 0.05% | 1 |
| i will never understand suicide | 0.05% | 1 |
| not sure until we hear more | 0.05% | 1 |
| his students would likely feel very sad and grieve for him, then move on | 0.05% | 1 |
| how am i supposed to know | 0.05% | 1 |
| bah | 0.05% | 1 |
| too little information | 0.05% | 1 |
| my have financial health or marriage problems | 0.05% | 1 |
| they may understand more than we do | 0.05% | 1 |
| probably depends upon the student, don't you think? | 0.05% | 1 |
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