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ABOUT SPEA RELATED
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Our Mission To prevent suicide and promote recognition of adolescent depression through education and alliances with community partners. Click here to download the SPEA Organization trifold brochure. What Does SPEA Do? Suicide is preventable. Its causes are treatable. Friends are the first line of defense in preventing suicide among teens. Since December 2000 we have delivered our signature program, Recognizing Adolescent Depression and Suicide Prevention, to 30,000 students in 52 schools. We teach students how to identify friends who may be suffering from major depression and/or may be at risk of suicide; what to do and where to get help. Our objective is to cause at-risk students to seek the help of a mental health professional. Five per cent of the students who participate in our program seek the help of a mental health professional. In addition, we have trained more than 5,000 physicians, school counselors, social workers, nurses, clergy, teachers, home health aides, law enforcement officers and parents in recognizing adolescent depression and suicide prevention. SPEA also trains "Gatekeepers" in Suicide Prevention and hosts an annual "Survivors of Suicide" conference. |
In most cases, the depression that so often precedes suicide is both recognizable and treatable. In Cuyahoga County In Geauga County In Summit County In Lake County In Lorain County In Medina County In Portage County IN CRISIS SI USTED ESTÁ PENSANDO EN |
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