WHY DO PEOPLE COMMIT SUICIDE?

IN THE NEWSPAPER

     On the front page of the Philadelphia Inquirer of July 28, 2011 there was an article about three schizophrenic men. A 46 year old was in prison for responding violently to taunting, actions that he does not remember the next day. His 75-year-old father is the first to admit that his son did wrong but says he needs to be in a hospital and not a prison.  A 23-year-old man fatally stabbed his parents and twin brother. The third, a 17 year old, attacked his policeman father with a hunting knife and after a struggle, the father shot him with his service revolver.

     I was so sad for these families and so grateful that Andrew’s disease did not take these paths.