Research tells us that suicide can be prevented if the proper training and education is available to schools and mental health profesionals, help us in supporting bills that include providing this kind of training.
I volunteer with an organization that allows me to speak in high schools and tell the students my story of mental illness, suicide attempts and recovery. Recently, I was able to speak at a parent night where the parents could hear exactly what we share with the students. It was followed by a question […]
One year ago today, President Barack Obama signed the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act into law. It was named in honor of Clay Hunt, a Marine veteran who died by suicide in March 2011 at the age of 28. Clay Hunt joined the Marine Corps in 2005 and deployed to Fallujah, Afghanistan in […]
While the show has started many conversations about suicide, whether those conversations are harmful or helpful is debatable. What is helpful, however, are all the resources that have become more visible in response to the show.
For more information about how to begin that one conversation and additional resources for National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and more, visit http://www.nami.org/suicideawarenessmonth.
Surgeon General David Satcher has demonstrated great leadership in recognizing suicide as a major public health problem and in initiating a national dialogue to identify real solutions.
In recognition of World Suicide Prevention Day on Friday, September 10, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) urges public education about mental illness and suicide.
A new study conducted by the CDC has shown that suicide rates for adults aged 35 to 64 have increased in the last decade and a half.
Many parents do not know the legal obligations of school faculty when a student reports having suicidal ideations. While schools do differ on their policies regarding suicide, there is a legal obligation for them to react in a way that gets the child help and ensures that they are safe. Suicide is the second […]
[…] said goodbye. Then, he took his own life — our talkative class clown and gifted storyteller was gone at 14 years old. As I write this, youth suicide is affecting families across the nation. Since 2007, the suicide rate among American youth ages 10 to 24 has increased by almost 60%. In September 2020, […]
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