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With National Survivors of Suicide Day this week, we'll take a look at how people grieve and try to cope with the loss of a loved one to suicide. Laura's guests are Mary Pat McMahon, Co-chair of the New England Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and Chairman of the National Survivors Council and Chan Newton, a Chaplain and Bereavement coordinator at the Hospice chapter at the VA Hospital in Manchester. To find out more about the American Federation for Suicide Prevention's November 22nd Teleconference or to sign up for it's webcast. For information on complicated grief. To read a reprint of "Why Do People Kill Themselves?" by psychologist Edwin Schneidman.