#TeenSuicidePreventionCouncil

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#JamesDonaldsononMentalHealth - #Teen #Suicides: What Are the Risk Factors?

#JamesDonaldsononMentalHealth – #Teen #Suicides: What Are the Risk Factors?

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Nadine Kaslow, PhD

One of the myths about #suicidal talk, and actual #suicideattempts, in young people is that they are just a bid for attention or “a cry for help.” Kids who talk or write about killing themselves are dismissed as overly dramatic—obviously they don’t mean it! But a threat of #suicide should…