Teenage Mental Health and Suicide

Documentary that looks at adolescent mental health problems and approaches used to help students in need.  Link to video.

Behind the acts of violence and rage of both the Virginia Tech and Columbine shootings is a larger issue of mental illness in teens that is rarely addressed. For instance:

• The rate of teenage suicide has tripled over the last 60 years –28 teenagers a week now die by suicide.¹
• Depression and anxiety in adolescents often go unrecognized or untreated for years, and the results can be fatal – over 90 percent of adolescents who die by suicide have a diagnosable mental illness at the time of their death. 

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