Self-Injury Awareness Day: March 1
Updated on 2/13/2023 Self-Injury Awareness Day (SIAD), is an international awareness day that takes place every year on March 1. This day is meant for learning about self-injury behaviors and for providing resources to those who are in need of help. An orange ribbon, representing a sign of hope for a misunderstood problem, symbolizes this […]…
Is My Teenager Depressed?
Teenagers face a host of pressures, from the hormonal changes of puberty and building their self-esteem, to facing peer pressure about sex, drugs, and alcohol. With all this turmoil and uncertainty, it isn’t always easy to differentiate between normal teenage growing pains and depression. Many parents expect some trouble from their teenagers and believe that […]…
How Can I Tell if my Teenager is Suicidal?
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), more than 41,000 individuals die by suicide each year, making suicide the 10th leading cause of death among adults in the United States and the second leading cause of death among individuals 10-24 years of age. According to the CDC, suicide is the third most common cause […]…
World Aids Day: Mental Health Disorders Associated with HIV/AIDS
Globally, there are an estimated 36.7 million people who have the virus. Despite the virus only being identified in 1984, more than 35 million people have died of HIV or AIDS, making it one of the most destructive pandemics in history. December 1st is known as World AIDS Day and is celebrated throughout the world […]…
National Depression Screening Day
During Mental Illness Awareness Week on Oct. 1-7, 2017, National Association for Mental Illness (NAMI) and other mental health participants across the United States are raising awareness of mental illness and the effects it can have on individuals throughout the country. Each year mental health awareness week promotes campaigns nationwide to fight stigma against mental […]…
Suicide in Adolescents
Suicidal ideations are thoughts involving killing oneself and often are directly related to mental health illnesses such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, eating disorders and substance abuse disorders. Unfortunately this subject matter is not discussed regularly and as a result suicide is often overlooked in the United States and in some areas may even be […]…
How the Netflix Series 13 Reasons Why is a Potential Trigger for Suicide and Mental Illness
It is difficult to survive a day in the office or a night out with friends, browse social media or overhear a conversation in public without hearing remarks about the controversial Netflix teen drama 13 Reasons Why. This series based on the 2007 Jay Asher novel has been trending around the world since it’s release in […]…
Suicide and Eating Disorders: A Co-Occurring Condition
Bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, and anorexia nervosa are the most well known eating disorders in the United States and affect approximately 20 million women and 10 million men. These unhealthy disorders are characterized by low self-esteem, body image discrepancies, poor coping skills and severe underlying psychosocial stressors that lead to binging and purging. Self-induced vomiting, […]…
Suicide Survivor Inspires Teens and Adolescents
Updated 4/15/25 There’s Power in Sharing The right words really can make a difference. They can save lives. Knowing what he wished someone had told him when he was desperate and obsessed with suicidal thoughts, a man that survived a horrific attempt to end his life has a very different kind of goal these days. […]…