This article focuses on the awkward days or weeks after a heart-to-heart confession from your child that he has been suicidal. Or perhaps it’s after a hospital stay for suicide risk or an attempt. You are likely feeling very anxious and don’t know what to do or say. Perhaps your child has already had the suicide risk assessment and safety planning and you’ve already been through your home taking to “remove means.” Maybe you have made have an appointment with a therapist or psychiatrist. You may even feel you are on “suicide watch.” In any of these scenarios you might feel, … Read more...