ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – As summer comes to an end and winter approaches, organizations are working to spread awareness in the hopes of preventing suicide.
Dennis Lasley, Board Chair for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention – Alaska (AFSP-Alaska), says that a variety of factors can worsen one’s depression or thoughts of suicide, including the environment.
“Your pharmaceuticals, they play a role. They have an impact,” he said. “Your professional counselors, clinicians, social workers, they most certainly play a role.”…