BUILDING YOUTH FOR THE FUTURE - A Path towards Suicide Prevention

A Path towards Suicide Prevention. While much needs to be done in order to minimize the suicide attempts and suicides of adolescents, the work of Stop Youth Suicide SYS campaign and the comprehensive grassroots approach is showing signs of success in the state of Kentucky. The 2013 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey YRBS showed that for the first time, indicators of youth suicide in the state are at or below the national average, where they were previously always above. In the three rural counties where the school systems have partnered with SYS and the Division of Adolescent Medicine in Lexington, there is an actual absence

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A Path towards Suicide Prevention. While much needs to be done in order to minimize the suicide attempts and suicides of adolescents, the work of Stop Youth Suicide SYS campaign and the comprehensive grassroots approach is showing signs of success in the state of Kentucky. The 2013 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey YRBS showed that for the first time, indicators of youth suicide in the state are at or below the national average, where they were previously always above. In the three rural counties where the school systems have partnered with SYS and the Division of Adolescent Medicine in Lexington, there is an actual absence

Product details

• Authors: Hatim A Omar
• Assisted by: Joav Merrick (Editor), Hatim A Omar (Editor)
• Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781536137682
• ISBN: 978-1-5361-3768-2
• No. of pages: 206
• Dimensions: 231 mm x 164 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 530 g
• Series: PEDIATRICS CHILD AND ADOLESCEN
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine