Recent deaths inspire officials to focus on helping students BY RICHARD THOMPSON rthompson@theadvocate.com After the deaths this semester of five students, including three who apparently committed suicide, officials at Tulane University are working to get the Uptown campus talking about mental health. They also are trying to remove social barriers that may keep some students…
Funds will make Newtown and CT schools safe under Obama’s “Now is the Time” plan to reduce gun violence and increase mental-health services. From the Office of Gov. Dannel Malloy: GOV. MALLOY: STATE WINS GRANT TO MAKE SCHOOLS SAFER, HEALTHIER PLACES TO LEARN Additional Funds Awarded for School Emergency Operations Plans …
From staff reports UW-Eau Claire psychology professor Jennifer Muehlenkamp recently received a three-year $304,029 Campus Suicide Prevention grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to help educate the campus community on how to recognize the signs of suicide, depression and anxiety in students. Muehlenkamp specializes in understanding and preventing suicidal and non-suicidal…
The Associated PressDecember 2, 2014 DETROIT — A Detroit health clinic for American Indian families has received a $736,000 federal grant to support youth suicide prevention. American Indian Health and Family Services of southeast Michigan announced Monday it received the fiveyear grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The funding will…
A federal grant of $200,000 a year for five years has been granted to Oakland County Community Mental Health Authority to support suicide prevention efforts throughout the county. The funds are part of a grant totaling nearly $4 million to the Michigan Department of Community Health from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services…
On April 15, 2014 a man jumped to his death from the O’Callaghan-Tillman Memorial Bridge – a massive, new concrete arch that soars over the Hoover Dam. He was the eighth known person to do so since the bypass bridge opened in October 2010. Four of the suicides at the new bridge occurred in a single three-month period…
The school shooting in Marysville and its aftermath offer a stark look into how distressed teens use social media to share problems they might previously have discussed with a school counselor. Increasingly, Facebook, Tumblr and similar websites are trying to meet young people where they live. By Claudia Rowe Seattle Times staff reporter Thank you…