Suicide is a complex human behavior, with no single determining cause. The factors that affect the likelihood of a person attempting or dying by are known as risk or protective factors, depending ...
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Back from the edge
“As someone’s role changes in a profound way, their mood can change. People have characteristics that are lifelong, strengths and weaknesses that they bring to the challenges of life. In ...
Resiliency awareness
Resiliency: what does it look like? CONTROLLING ONE’S OWN BEHAVIOR: Self-adjusting one’s personal performance by planning ahead and evaluating success after completing a task “My part-time ...
Rewards of prevention
Largest public school district in Florida sees student suicide rate plummet while academic achievement receives national recognition Administrators in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools ...
Bullying and academics
The links among academic outcomes and bullying, psychological distress and school violence have been further strengthened by a study released in January 2008.* Researchers at the University of ...
Stealing our future
Suicide is a preventable tragedy. It is a thief that seeks victims from all races, socioeconomic classes and age groups, even America’s youth. Newly released data from the 2004 National Survey on ...
Competent community
A key in deterring a child from engaging in risky behaviors— including suicidal thoughts and acts—is how engaged the youngster feels to both family and school. This is according to research, ...