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Quiet Acknowledgment is Powerful: Rethinking Suicide Prevention for Older Adults By Dr. Tyshawn J. Thompson, Clinical Psychologist, Montefiore-Einstein Psychiatry Associates  Bronx Voice  August 21, 2025 NEW YORK - Despite continued awareness and prevention efforts, suicide remains a leading cause of death in the U.S. Many conversations about suicide risk focus on youth and middle-aged populations, while older adults tend to go unnoticed - but they are an important group to consider.  Sadly, death by suicide is highest for men older than 75 years . Older adults can face many factors that increase their risk for suicidal thoughts and actions including: feelings of loneliness, social isolation, grief, family discord, new cognitive and physical deficits, financial strain, and institutionalization.  Recently, I had a conversation with a close family member who shared feelings of anxiety and a fear of losin...

Woman Stabbed to Death - Boyfriend Arrested

Police have arrested the boyfriend of a woman who was found dead with multiple stab wounds to the neck inside her apartment. -File Photo


By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

September 15, 2023


BRONX - A Bronx woman was stabbed repeatedly in the neck and cops have arrested her boyfriend in connection to her death, investigators said. Charges are pending. 



At around 10:30 pm on September 14, officers from the 49th Precinct responded to a 911 call at 2552 Holland Avenue off of Pelham Parkway. Cops arrived at the apartment to find a 23-year-old lying on the floor, bleeding with multiple stab wounds to her neck. 


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The woman was transported by EMS to nearby Jacobi Medical Center where was pronounced dead. 


Police took the victim’s 35-year-old boyfriend into custody. 



Charges are pending and the investigation is ongoing, cops said. 


A knife was recovered at the scene. 


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