Issues that impede treatment of children and teens Barriers to treating suicidal youths are staggering, formidable and can have dire and deadly consequences. These barriers include: YOUTHS’ ...
Tag Archives: prevention
Proactive engagement
During her son’s high school years, Judy Buonauro never suspected that what seemed like typical adolescent angst could one day be life-threatening for her child Michael. That fated day came in ...
Boosting academics
Prevention programs can enhance learning Caruthersville Superintendent Nicholas Thiele wishes he could do more to help at-risk youngsters. So does retired Imperial Principal Neal Penberthy. Both ...
Employer action
Employer call to action What businesses and policy leaders can do to better address economic, emotional burden of depression in the workplace 1. KNOW WHERE YOUR DOLLARS ARE GOING Have a clear ...
Dying for help
Depression. Hopelessness. Lack of resiliency. All risk factors for suicide—and in all genders and age groups. These factors often appear during a time of intense change in a person’s ...
Dispelling denial
Increasing treatment-seeking behaviors H. Westley Clark will never forget the day in 1963 when a young man in his Detroit neighborhood shot himself. “I didn’t understand why he would do that. ...
Physician education is key
Physician education in depression prevents suicide. So does restricting access to lethal means. This is borne out by a comprehensive review of research literature from 1966 to June 2005 for ...
Health class curriculum
“Schools can really help by building depression, anxiety, impulsivity into regular biology or health classes,” says David Shaffer, MD, professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at Columbia ...
High cost of service
Some reflections from those who lost loved ones who served in the military to suicide: THE FRIEND: Thomas Cook, 35 “I believe he never left Vietnam in his head because he always talked ...