Is suicidal ideation more prevalent among the gifted population? Do our beliefs about suicide square with statistics? In part one of our series on suicide among gifted and 2e youth, Dr. Tracy Cross joins us to shed some light on a dark subject, and shares his Spiral Model of the Suicidal Mind.

This is a reprise of an episode that first aired in 2019. New statistics have been released showing a marked decrease in suicide in 2019. One year doesn’t make a trend, but it is at least encouraging.