Positive thoughts and prayers

NutmeggeRN, BSN · Sep 13, 2016

Did you know that your school community is at risk for about 18 months of another suicide. Hate to be the bearer of bad news but your community bears watching, closely.

Hang in there

kidzcare · Sep 13, 2016

Did you know that your school community is at risk for about 18 months of another suicide. Hate to be the bearer of bad news but your community bears watching, closely.
Hang in there

:wideyed:

Supernrse01, BSN · Sep 14, 2016

Thank you NutmeggeRN, this statistic was not familiar to me. Our poor little community has so much going on right now, and while the thought is scary, it makes sense too. My heart aches for everyone involved.

NutmeggeRN, BSN · Sep 14, 2016

Thank you NutmeggeRN, this statistic was not familiar to me. Our poor little community has so much going on right now, and while the thought is scary, it makes sense too. My heart aches for everyone involved.

Check in with your local NAMI office. We have done a lot of work with them and they came in to the school and did some great programs.

We went through a suicide and less than a year later a horrible car crash that took one of our kids and one form a neighboring town.

Anecdotally, I would also keep an eye on kids who suffer head injuries....I have seen some alarming correlation to previous head injury>>>drug and or alcohol misuse>>>suicide.

Blech. Not to be a downer but it never hurts to keep it filed away.

NutmeggeRN, BSN · Sep 14, 2016

Thank you NutmeggeRN, this statistic was not familiar to me. Our poor little community has so much going on right now, and while the thought is scary, it makes sense too. My heart aches for everyone involved.

Some links

NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness | Risk of Suicide

http://www.sfsuicide.org/docs/SchoolPostvention.pdf

http://www.sprc.org/sites/default/files/migrate/library/AfteraSuicideToolkitforSchools.pdf

Anecdotally I have seen some alarming correlation with head injury>>>>drug and ETOH misuse>>>>suicide