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'Hold the Hope': A song for suicide prevention

By Rhitu Chatterjee
Published December 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM CST

A woman who cared for someone who survived a suicide crisis has written a poem and song about the experience, sung by a choir of people who also survived.

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Rhitu Chatterjee
Rhitu Chatterjee is a health correspondent with NPR, with a focus on mental health. In addition to writing about the latest developments in psychology and psychiatry, she reports on the prevalence of different mental illnesses and new developments in treatments.
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