Four years ago, Eric Bebergal tried to kill himself by wrapping wire around his neck and attaching it to a closet pole. His wife found him passed out on the floor. He was admitted to the emergency room at Mass General Hospital, and was released the next day. A few weeks later, Eric attempted suicide again, and this time succeeded. He was 46 years old.
Peter Bebergal wrote a touching article in the Boston Globe last weekend about his brother’s suicide. And he asks if a test being developed by Harvard researchers, the Suicide Implicit Association Test, could have revealed his brother’s desire to try to kill himself again. Peter joins Word of Mouth from Boston with more on the test and its critics.
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