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Suicide Prevention with Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth

by Chris Downs | Sep 28, 2017 | LGBTQ, Research You Can Use, Suicide Prevention, Youth Development, Youth Suicide

 Share on TumblrThe suicide rates among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth in America are startling and troubling. Around 25%-40% of LGB youth seriously consider suicide each year, with many of them making attempts or actually killing themselves. Many of them...

Highlighted Course: Suicide Prevention with Youth

by Chris Downs | Sep 27, 2017 | Education, Suicide Prevention, Youth Suicide

 Share on TumblrThis is a full-day, in-person training on suicide prevention with teens, including special attention on transition age youth living in substitute care, such as foster care.  The course, taught by a nationally prominent expert on youth suicide...

Foster Care History and Suicide Prevention

by Chris Downs | Sep 25, 2017 | Agency Research, Research You Can Use, Suicide Prevention, Youth Suicide

 Share on TumblrThere is a large and growing amount of evidence on how the experience of foster care has a direct impact on the health and welfare of transition age youth. The most prominent findings indicate that simply being in foster care is associated with...

Dealing with the Aftermath of a Foster Youth Suicide

by Chris Downs | Sep 25, 2017 | Child Welfare, Suicide Prevention, Youth Suicide

 Share on TumblrFoster youth seem especially susceptible to thoughts and actions that are self-harming. Detached from homes of origin, often filled with sadness and despair, some of these youth will attempt suicide. And some will be successful in those attempts....

On the Whole, Child Welfare is Not Good at Preventing Youth Suicides

by Chris Downs | Sep 15, 2017 | Child Welfare, Suicide Prevention, Youth Suicide

 Share on TumblrDr. Chris Downs The Downs Group LLC As a developmental psychologist, I have worked in child welfare for over 20 years. Most of that time I focused on older, foster youth outcomes. I have not been involved in direct services. But I have worked with...

What You Can Do When a Youth Considers Suicide

by Chris Downs | Sep 11, 2017 | Suicide Prevention, Youth Suicide

 Share on TumblrHere are 9 things you should do if you learn that a youth is considering suicide: 1. Take any/all threats of suicide seriously!. 2. State that you care and remain with the youth 3. Ask them if they are thinking of harming or killing themselves 4....
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