Why we choose suicide
Mark Henick, a mental health advocate, shares his own experience with suicidality and discusses the importance of changing attitudes and understanding about suicide through changing our language, and increasing our awareness by openly discussing suicide and other mental health concerns.
Mark Henick is a mental health advocate. Informed by his direct experience with this aspect of the health care system, Mark has authored commentaries on issues relating to mental health for major newspapers across Canada and the U.S. His undergraduate degree is in Psychology and Philosophy, with a graduate degree in Child Development. At 22, he served as the youngest President of a provincial Canadian Mental Health Association division in history. He is the youngest member of the board of directors for the Mental Health Commission of Canada.
15:25 mins
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