Youth Suicide
Podcast |
The Full Story
Publisher |
WSHU Public Radio
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Government
News
Publication Date |
Nov 04, 2019
Episode Duration |
00:48:58
In Connecticut the suicide rate among young people nearly doubled in a single year. Meanwhile, a New York task force is recommending intervention in communities – young black, Latina and LGBT – that are at high risk of suicide. And nationwide the rates continue to climb. We’ll discuss what’s causing the crisis, and what can be done to curb it, with guests: Gillian Anderson, founder and board chair, My Friend Abby Valerie Lepoutre, young adult program coordinator, National Alliance on Mental Illness - Connecticut Steve Simpson, former head, Together We Can Make It, and author, The Teenage and Young Adult Survival Handbook Keith Scott, director of education, The Safe Center
In Connecticut the suicide rate among young people nearly doubled in a single year. Meanwhile, a New York task force is recommending intervention in communities – young black, Latina and LGBT – that are at high risk of suicide. And nationwide the rates continue to climb. We’ll discuss what’s causing the crisis, and what can be done to curb it, with guests: Gillian Anderson, founder and board chair, My Friend Abby Valerie Lepoutre, young adult program coordinator, National Alliance on Mental

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