Dr. Kayla Cooley is a critical suicidologist, suicide researcher and founding director of a suicide prevention, intervention and postvention organisation. Her areas of expertise include suicide content online, suicide methods, suicide locations and suicide partnerships.
Dr. Kayla Cooley, director of Limerick-based suicide intervention service CCRT has spoken out about the dangerous and irresponsible reporting of murder-suicide by Irish media.
When someone dies by suicide, the loss reverberates far beyond a single household. For years it was believed that for every suicide, six people were… Read More »After the Funeral: The Forgotten Crisis of Suicide Bereavement in Ireland
The Limits of the Mental Illness Narrative Suicide is too often framed as the result of individual pathology – a symptom of mental illness, personal… Read More »Unwell or Unheard? The Side of Suicide That Systems Ignore
When actor Robin Williams died by suicide in 2014, the world was plunged into visible mourning at the loss of a beloved cultural figure. Less… Read More »After the Headlines: The Hidden Harm of Irresponsible Reporting on Suicide