by ekallen | Sep 7, 2022 | Blog, Letter From Elliot
I am called a “survivor.” My son, Jake, took his life at age 19 by jumping in front of an oncoming truck on a Montana Interstate. Absolutely horrible and our lives will never be the same. Was he on drugs or alcohol? No. Was he on anti-depressant medication? No. Did...
by ekallen | Aug 17, 2022 | Blog, Letter From Elliot, Stress & Anxiety
Has this felt like the shortest summer on record for your teen? School begins in just a few days almost everywhere. It was only a few years ago that school systems decided to move the starting date of high school from the day after Labor Day to late August, to now...
by ekallen | May 11, 2022 | Blog, Letter From Elliot
According to US News and World Report, teen suicide is up 4.5-fold (450%) in the last decade, with the bulk of the increase in the last three years. Covid lockdowns and social malfunction have been the new fuel on the depression fire. National data has given us...
by lahsan | Dec 20, 2021 | Preventing Suicide
We are just finishing out a record high year for teen suicide rates, teen stress, and teen depression. Adolescents aged 12-17 years old had the highest rate of major depressive episodes this year, followed by young adults 18 to 25 years old. With these numbers,...
by lahsan | Aug 11, 2021 | Preventing Suicide, Stress & Anxiety
Many teens struggle with anxiety and depression. Some turn to self-harm to deal with their intense feelings. Self-harm and self-injury describe a group of behaviors in which you deliberately hurt yourself — not as a suicide attempt, but as a way to release...
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