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All statistics run for Lehigh & Northampton Counties

    Miklin et al had a 2019 study that addressed meaning-making for suicide survivors in a thoughtful way:   Miklin, Sanja, Anna S. Mueller, Seth Abrutyn, and Katherine Ordonez. 2019. “What Does It Mean to Be Exposed to Suicide?: … Continued

Children residing in areas with multi-sector collaborations line Neighborhood Partnership Program, Purpose Built Community, Allentown Youth Network, etc.

Increased student harm, suicide tips reported during COVID in Pa. An increased portion of the calls, online tips and other reports that did come in were for issues of suicidal thoughts or self-harm, data from the system showed. Saturday, August … Continued

Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit 21 Event Type Totals  Bullying / Cyber Bullying 175  Suicide / Suicide Ideation 153 Drug Use / Distribution / Possession 125  Cutting / Self-Harm 112 Smoking (Tobacco, E-Cig, Vape) in School 87  Depression / Anxiety 69 … Continued

Sledding Athletes Are Taking Their Lives. Did Brain-Rattling Rides and High-Speed Crashes Damage Their Brains ? On May 3, Pavle Jovanovic, a former bobsledder, rigged a chain to a crane he and his brother kept in the shop of their … Continued

    FREE webinar sponsored by CAMS-care, LLC on the subject of “Suicide and Older Adults” featuring  special guest expert, Yeates Conwell, M.D. of the University of Rochester. Dr. Conwell is a Professor and Vice-Chair of Psychiatry at the University … Continued

See full document  in “Attachments” at bottom of page. For more information about what to do to address many of the issues outline in this report, visit paininthenation.org and healingthenation.wellbeingtrust.org to get specific policy and programmatic recommendations for advancing mental … Continued

Virtual and Online Resources for General Suicide Prevention Compiled by the Pennsylvania Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide Prevention Grant Team Online Virtual Gatekeeper Trainings Counseling on Access to Lethal Means Free online course about how to reduce access to lethal … Continued

PAIN in the NATION: http://www.paininthenation.org/ Pain in the Nation Update: ALCOHOL, DRUG, AND SUICIDE DEATHS IN 2018   May 2020 Mixed Trends in 2018 as Overall Opioid Overdose Deaths Decline, But Deaths Involving Alcohol, Suicide, Synthetic Opioids, and Psychostimulants Continue … Continued