Kirk Woodring: Stemming the suicide epidemic

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Kirk J. Woodring, LICSW, who is the chief clinical officer at the Brattleboro Retreat and co-author of the book “Assessing the Risk: Suicidal Behavior in the Hospital Environment of Care.”
In the past week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released their most recent data on suicide rates in the U.S. Sadly, this announcement was book-ended by the deaths of two celebrities, designer Kate Spade and chef/television personality Antho