All posts tagged "suicide prevention"
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Counselors share many resources for those needing assistance for suicide prevention, mental health
According to a survey by the CDC 37 percent of teens experienced mental health struggles during the COVID-19 pandemic; furthermore, when the survey was conducted...
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Documentary on suicide prevention will be shared with public
With the percentage of suicide attempts and suicide overall increasing, school counselor Susan Langan is calling attention to a local event to raise awareness on...
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Many sources offer assistance for preventing suicide
Today, suicide is an epidemic and mental health is on the decline, with 4.58 percent of adults in the United States reporting suicidal ideation and...
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Counselor points to healthy paths for preventing suicide
Sucide is an epidemic among teenagers, being the second leading cause of teen death. Mental health professionals in the last decade have been figuring out...
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Out of the Darkness campus walk raises suicide prevention awareness
The Out of the Darkness event on Sunday, April 14 raised over $29,000 for the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention. The Out of the Darkness...
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Suicide prevention begins with opening dialogue
On Oct. 11, a UNI student group hosted a suicide awareness event sponsored by Active Minds -to honor those who die every year as a...
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Community needs to follow up on suicide discussion
On Thursday, March 22, I held my first suicide prevention and awareness event at NewAldaya Lifescapes in order to educate, give prevention and ultimately let...
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Standing for the Silent: MVP attends presentation on suicide prevention
With tears staining Kirk Smalley’s cheeks, the construction worker from Perkins, Okla., began to tell 300 plus students and faculty his long and heart wrenching...
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Standing together for suicide awareness: Alive&Walking gives support for awareness, prevention of suicide
One thousand one hundred pairs of shoes filled the sidewalks of the Hawkeye Community College campus Wednesday, Sept. 13. Those 1,100 shoes represent the number...
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5K supports suicide awareness, prevention
The Alive and Running Suicide Prevention 5K run/walk is on Saturday, June 17 at 7:30 a.m. in Dunkerton. The evening before, June 16, from 3-8...
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30 students square off in Holmes chess tournament
Thirty Holmes Junior High students recently squared off in a chess tournament in ninth-grade science teacher Maria Hoekstra’s classroom during Tiger Time. The winner was seventh-grader Alexander Fuchtman who...
