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Jamaica Gleaner Lifestyle
published: Saturday | September 20, 2003

Serenity pause
"Die when I may, I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow," - Lorna Mullings

The final solution
'I tried to kill myself'

Anntana Allen was about 19 when she tried to kill herself. She swallowed a slew of prescription pills, but immediately after downing them had a change of heart...


Understanding suicide
DR. EARL Wright, Director of Mental Health in the Ministry of Health, explains why people commit suicide, points out signs to look for and why more men than women commit suicide. About 98 per cent of those who attempt suicide have a mental disorder....





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