Keynote for Community Event:
Topic: Diary of a Broken Mind: Addiction, Depression, and the Tragic Link to Suicide
Description: AnneMoss Rogers and her husband tried to find help for their struggling son, Charles, a creative genius and rap artist. Desperate to escape the darkness of his depression, Charles turned to heroin and died by suicide in 2015 at age 20.
How common is suicidal thinking among those who are addicted? How many start using to numb intense and painful feelings or to normalize a mental health condition? And how did AnneMoss find healing after the most devastating loss of her life? And what can communities, families and rehab centers do to help lower the risks and support their loved ones?
Key Takeaways:
- How stigma played into Charles’s feeling of low self-worth
- The prevalence of suicide risk for those with addiction and substance misuse
- How to recognize signs of depression and suicide, and what to do/say
- What is responsible firearm ownership?
- How one mom found her path to healing after loss