Archive for June, 2009

Suicide and Giftedness: High Ability, Gifted/Talented, Creative

Suicide and Giftedness: High Ability, Gifted/Talented, Creative

Caltech tragedy raises questions
A news story about two Caltech students who died of suicide in the weeks before the recent commencement made me wonder again: Do more gifted people die from suicide? Are high ability people more vulnerable?
The Caltech students who died were senior Jackson Ho-Leung Wang, a mechanical engineering student from Hong Kong, and [...]