This message from a teen gives insight into suicide and depression. Reading it may help prepare your students for encounters they may have with other adolescents contemplating suicide.
Preventing Teen Suicide: A First-Person Message for Teens
The Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide, Inc.
Provided in partnership with The Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide. The mission of the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide is to reduce the number of youth suicides and attempted suicides by encouraging public awareness through the development and promotion of educational training programs.
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