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Bourdain, Spade suicides show how even those at the top can know the lows of depression

  • Written by Jonathan Rottenberg, Professor of Psychology, University of South Florida
Anthony Bourdain in a July 17, 2017, photo at the screening of 'An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.'Evan Agostin/Invision/AP Photos

We struggle to comprehend the loss of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain. Sudden deaths are shocking. It’s doubly shocking when the deaths are by suicide. Sudden suicide by people who seemingly have it all:...

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