All posts tagged "suicide"

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  Simple Exercise Can Help Teens With Bad Self-Image

  Over the past 14 years, I have spent thousands of hours working with teens in an anti-drug, anti-alcohol program and counseling...

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  Depression Is a Deadly Growing Threat to Our Youth: Time to Rally

  This new report published in Pediatrics uses nationwide data to show a startling and disturbing rise in the percentage of adolescents experiencing...

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  Why Youth Organizations Need to Know the Signs of Suicide

  This op-ed is focused on the nonclinical youth worker and addresses the importance of knowing the signs of suicide and how they...

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  Pine Ridge Suicides Highlight Stresses on Native American Youth

  Suicide is the second-leading cause of death, behind unintentional injuries, for American Indian youth ages 15 to 25 — at a rate...

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  Screening Youth for Depression Saves Lives

  National Depression Screening Day (NDSD), Oct. 8, is an ideal time to promote depression awareness in schools and after-school programs.