Suicide Prevention

Family Acceptance: Groundbreaking 'Best Practice' For Reducing Suicide Risk For LGBT Youth

Theresa Nolan | Posted 05.17.2012

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We now have a new, powerful tool to build vital connections between LGBT youth and their families: The Family Acceptance Project's Supportive Families, Healthy Children booklet, which educates families about the positive impacts of accepting their LGBT children.

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Facebook Launches Crisis Services Tool For Military Families

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 05.09.2012

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Facebook has launched yet another service to help those in need, this time for military members, veterans and families suffering from the mental and e...

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Did Aging Play A Role In Therapist's Tragic Death?

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Homosexuality, Aging, Midlife, Suicide, Gay Community, Baby Boomers, Bob Bergeron, Heather Locklear, Anti-Aging, Demi Moore, Aging Gracefully, Suicide Prevention, Huff/Post50 News

Therapist Bob Bergeron, who committed suicide in December, wrote about aging gracefully. But was he was another one of those people hitting 50, who truly felt an underlying dread of what comes next?

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Teen Survives Getting Run Over By 33 Trains, Helps Suicidal People Cope

Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Reaching You Ministries, Depression, Video, Life in Spite of Me, Suicide, Teen Suicide, Kristen Anderson Suicide, Suicide Prevention, Kristen Anderson, Impact News

Kristen Anderson thought she had no reason to live. But when she survived getting run over by 33 freight trains, she started to reconsider her purpose...

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New Yorkers, Like Everyone, More Prone To Suicide In Bad Economy

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.19.2012

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It's not just bank accounts that hurt.when the economy flags. For the past 20 years, suicide rates among New York City residents have risen and fal...

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Mourning Dad Completes 12-Year, 30,000 Mile Trek For Suicide Prevention

Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Video, Stevie Fugate, California, Love Life, Suicide Awareness, Oakland, Suicide, Florida, Suicide Prevention, Trail Therapy, Steve Fugate, Impact News

Stevie Fugate never had the chance to hike the Appalachian Trail. But his father -- Steve -- completed the trek, and then some, for the son he lost to...

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Be the Change, Help Prevent Teen Suicide

justin adkins | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Lgbt, Glee Season 3, Glee, Cyberbullying, Gay Teen Suicide, Bullying, LGBT Youth, Suicide, High School, Teen Suicide, Poway High School, Anti-Gay Bullying, Suicide Prevention, School Bullying, Gay Voices News

What are you doing and... what are you looking forward to? Do something about teen suicide. Remind yourself of things you are looking forward to and tell a young person. It can make a world of difference.

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Calling in Crazy: Why We Must Normalize Mental Illness

Mary Walker Baron | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Mental Illness, Mary Walker Baron but This Is Different, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Mental Illness Stigma, Suicide Prevention, Schizophrenia, Mental Health, Healthy Living News

Throughout our lives, we travel a health-to-illness continuum, always seeking a return to wellbeing. While we acknowledge the physical realities of this continuum, it's harder to accept the emotional, cognitive and behavioral aspects.

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WATCH: Amazing Teen Saves A Life Using Tumblr

Posted 02.24.2012

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Social-networking sites can be used for both positive and negative purposes, but in some incredible cases, social media has even been used to save liv...

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The Dangerous Mistake We Make About Bullying

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Amanda Cummings, Suicides, Bullying, Suicide, Bullies, Tyler Clementi Suicide, Anti-Bullying, Bullying-Suicide, Cyberbullying, Gay Youth Suicide, Teen Suicide, Teen Bullying, Youth Suicide, Suicide Prevention, School Bullying, Tyler Clementi, Parents News

Tyler Clementi killed himself in 2010 after his roommate at Rutgers University filmed him kissing another man. Phoebe Prince, a 15-year-old girl who m...

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A Hope that Don Cornelius' Apparent Suicide Opens Door on Taboo Topic

Melanie Coffee | Posted 04.08.2012

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In the wake of Don Cornelius' death, many suicide prevention advocates were hoping that his apparent suicide would give people an avenue for talking about something we don't like to discuss.

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Depression and the Elderly

Dr. Felicia Wade | Posted 04.07.2012

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The recent death of TV pioneer Don Cornelius underscores the growing problem of depression and suicide among our elderly population. Most people don't expect older adults to take their own lives, but this population has the highest suicide rate of any age group.

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I Hear You: Responding To Cries For Emotional Help

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 03.19.2012

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I am not personally familiar with Sinead O'Connor, her medical community or resources, or for that matter her state of mind when she turned to such a ubiquitous form of social media for help. But as a psychiatrist I understand how people reach out in ways that we need to listen to.

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Bounce

Joseph Bobrow | Posted 03.04.2012

Human beings seem infinitely adaptable. But there is no silver bullet, no quick fix potion that will make a soldier, sailor, airman or Marine invulnerable to five, six or more tours of duty in today's war zone and the separations from loved ones.

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Elder Suicide: A Public Health Challenge

Michael Friedman, L.M.S.W. | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Suicide, Depression, Preventing Suicide, Risk of Suicide, Suicide Risk, Elder Suicide, Suicidal Risk, Suicide Prevention, Preventing Elder Suicide, Healthy Living News

Reducing suicide among older adults is an important public health imperative that will become even more important over the next two decades as the population of older adults booms.

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Facebook Chat Feature Aims To Prevent Suicide

AP | By BROOKE DONALD | Posted 12.13.2011

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MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Facebook is making it easier for people who express suicidal thoughts on the social networking site to get help. A program laun...

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Veteran's Day: Knocking on Heaven's Door

Peter Van Buren | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Soldiers, Veterans PTSD, Military, Marines, Iraq, Afghanistan, Suicide Prevention, Veterans, Politics News

The box was made of plywood, stained and varnished like paneling, and reminded everyone of a B wood shop project. The dead man's boots stood on either side of the rifle, with his helmet on top.

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Why Didn't Someone Help Her?

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 01.10.2012

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"I went to the bathroom and locked the door," 18-year-old Ashley Billasano tweeted. "I took apart a razor. I did what I had to do to forget. I swea...

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WATCH: Teen's Inspirational Message After Mom's Suicide

Posted 01.10.2012

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Kaitlin Brand wants you to know life gets better. The 16-year-old Michigan teen lost her mother to suicide a few weeks ago. On Oct. 24, days befor...

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The End of Normal

Stephanie Madoff Mack | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: Bernard Madoff Victims, Bernie Madoff Victims, The End of Normal, Suicide, Stephanie Madoff Mack, Bernard Madoff, Bernie Madoff, Suicide Prevention, Women News

I worry about the years, and questions, yet to come. Audrey doesn't remember her grandfather; Nick never knew him. I will tell them what he did to so many innocent people, and how he drove their father to his death.

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The 'Anti-Self' vs. the 'True Self'

Lisa Firestone | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Suicide, Financial Crisis, Depression, Suicide Prevention, Economy, Healthy Living Health News, Suicide and the Economy, Depression and the Economy, Suicide and Financial Crisis, Mental Health, Healthy Living Mind, Healthy Living News

For a long time we've speculated the falling economy could mean a rise in the suicide rate, and now, new research has given us some indication.

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One-Third Of Military Suicides Told Of Plans To Die, Report Finds

Posted 11.22.2011

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DENVER -- A third of military personnel who committed suicide last year had told at least one person they planned to take their own lives, a newly rel...

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Addressing Adolescent Suicide

Marushka Mujic | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Suicide, Suicide Rate, Suicide Prevention, Adolescent Suicide, Goodmakers Street Team, College News

Loneliness, fear, isolation, intermittent depression and inexplicable rage are frequently referenced as main contributors to young, risky behavior. But what about underestimation of adolescent ability?

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WATCH: Students Tackle Teen Suicide In Award-Winning Video

Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Video, Val Verde High School, La Impact, Perris CA, Kid Witness News, Teen Suicide, Good News, Suicide Prevention, Panasonic, Los Angeles News

Students from Val Verde High School of Perris, California just won an international filmmaking competition with an short film combating teen suicide. ...

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I've Already Been Left Behind And Life Is Good

Christine A. Scheller | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Suicide, Teen Suicide, Rapture, Suicide Prevention, Overnight Walk, End Times Theology, May 21 2011 Judgment Day, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Religion News

Anyone who has lived through the death of a loved one by suicide knows it can be a daily challenge to remember that life is good. Team Life Is Good was created with suicide survivors in mind.

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