Suicide
September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day
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International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day is 11/18/23
In 1999, Senator Harry Reid, a survivor of his father’s 1972 suicide, introduced a new resolution into the US Senate. With its passage, the US Congress designated the Saturday before Thanksgiving as National Survivors of Suicide Day – an awareness day that reaches out to thousands of people who have lost a loved one to suicide. Sometimes […]
Talking to Your Child About Suicide
Suicide rates in teens have been steadily on the rise over the past two decades, and data from the 2021 CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that approximately 22% of teens reported suicidal thoughts and 10% of teens reported doing something to try to end their life in the past 12 months. Given that many […]