Youth Suicide

Katherine Bindley

The Dangerous Mistake We Make About Bullying

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 02.08.2012

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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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Family: 10-Year-Old Girl Killed Herself Because Of Bullying

Posted 11.18.2011

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The family of a 10-year-old honor student who killed herself last week said the girl had struggled with bullying at both her school and in her communi...

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D.C. Schools Students Reveal High Rates Of Sex, Fear And Suicide Attempts

Posted 11.28.2011

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D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson had some revealing statistics to share with city council members Tuesday -- almost 10 percent of 8th gra...

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Principal Investigated For Hypnotizing Suicide Victim

Posted 07.20.2011

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When Wesley McKinley went to his principal George Kenney for help in becoming more focused and outgoing in school, Kenney performed the solution he ty...

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Suffering in Silence

Kevin DeSoto | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kevin DeSoto

I challenge the world to start calling "bullying" what it really is: abuse.

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Suicide Prevention: Reflections on Student Suicide

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 11.17.2011

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Robert David Jaffee

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention indicates that youth suicides have been "decreasing" since the mid-1990s. Yet suicide remains the third highest cause of death among 15-24 year olds.

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High Suicide Rate on Indian Reservation Near Epidemic Proportions

Tim Giago | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tim Giago

With suicide rates soaring among young Native Americans, the Sweetgrass Project is feeling its way through small successes and foibles as it works to reduce suicides on a South Dakota reservation.

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