Teen Suicide, Recognition and Prevention...A Frank Discussion

Raising Awareness of Chronic Illness, One Condition At A Time!

We lose someone to suicide every 12.9 minutes. Teen suicides are on the rise. What can be done? This week we are changing things up a bit. On Monday, March 2, 2015 at 8PM eastern Dr Jess Armine will discuss teenage suicide..signs to look for....interventions available...and how to determine when immediate intervention is necessary taken from Terri A. Erbacher, Jonathan B. Singer & Scott Poland. Suicide in Schools: A Practitioner's Guide to Multi-level Prevention, Assessment, Intervention, and Postvention. Routledge, 2015 Also, since social media is our main method of communication these days, we will intoduce Facebook's new product that will roll out over the next few months to get help for a friend or loved one who created a post that made you concerned about their health. http://svn.tn/60110ak1 Recently, there have been several teenage suicides and suicide attempts in my local area....this show is my contribution to preventing the loss of our children....please join me. Dr. Jess.