All posts tagged "suicide"
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‘My Ascension’ speaker offers message of hope
In 2017, 16-year-old cheerleader Emma Benoit woke up in the hospital confused and unable to move her legs. She thought she had been attacked, but...
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Counselors share many resources for those needing assistance for suicide prevention, mental health
According to a survey by the CDC 37 percent of teens experienced mental health struggles during the COVID-19 pandemic; furthermore, when the survey was conducted...
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Many sources offer assistance for preventing suicide
Today, suicide is an epidemic and mental health is on the decline, with 4.58 percent of adults in the United States reporting suicidal ideation and...
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Counselor points to healthy paths for preventing suicide
Sucide is an epidemic among teenagers, being the second leading cause of teen death. Mental health professionals in the last decade have been figuring out...
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‘The Social Dilemma’ offers inside look to social media conspiracies
Social media can do a lot of good and is beneficial to a lot of people but the bad that social media causes greatly outweighs...
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Suicide prevention begins with opening dialogue
On Oct. 11, a UNI student group hosted a suicide awareness event sponsored by Active Minds -to honor those who die every year as a...
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Community needs to follow up on suicide discussion
On Thursday, March 22, I held my first suicide prevention and awareness event at NewAldaya Lifescapes in order to educate, give prevention and ultimately let...
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Standing for the Silent: MVP attends presentation on suicide prevention
With tears staining Kirk Smalley’s cheeks, the construction worker from Perkins, Okla., began to tell 300 plus students and faculty his long and heart wrenching...
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Our View: Students, staff must stand together to fight cyberbullying
Last week, Cedar Falls High School lost a member of the community due to suicide. Chase Sanders, a senior, was cyberbullied according to the Cedar...
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Standing together for suicide awareness: Alive&Walking gives support for awareness, prevention of suicide
One thousand one hundred pairs of shoes filled the sidewalks of the Hawkeye Community College campus Wednesday, Sept. 13. Those 1,100 shoes represent the number...
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Speech team places 21 at State
The speech team placed 21 students, including 13 who performed for their first time, in the state tournament scheduled for March 11 at Starmont High School. The district competition...
