Understanding a mother's suicide

As a young child in 1963, Nancy Rappaport loses her mother to suicide during a bitter custody battle. Years later she becomes a child psychiatrist and uses the lens of this expertise to understand the mystery of her mother's depression and suicide.

Guests

• Nancy Rappaport: is professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical school. Her memoir is called "In Her Wake: A Child Psychiatrist Explores the Mystery of Her Mother's Suicide." Her blog at Psychology Today is called "We Are Only Human."

Resources

• About Rappaport
• Rappaport blog at Psychology Today