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How To Prevent Young Suicides

April 1, 2010 5:16 AM

This academic year, a cluster of six suicides at Cornell University shocked the nation. Suicide is the third leading cause of death among people ages 10 to 24. Dr. Jon LaPook reports.

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by dianeelillie April 1, 2010 7:27 PM EDT
Doctors can diagnose but cannot cure. People need to know they are loved, valued and precious and only God in Christ Jesus can provide this unconditional love.
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by Nate650 April 1, 2010 7:24 PM EDT
Many people may overlook that a healthy diet can also have a big impact.
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by ballardjam April 1, 2010 1:50 PM EDT
The interview and information was going great. I would caution the professr to refrain from "gun control statements". Guns don'tkill people. People kill people. You talked about "Access to leathal means". Most anything can kill you if you abuse the product. We can't stop people or legislate or etc. I get uneasy about liberal controls of society.
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by RoboBlogger April 1, 2010 11:45 AM EDT
1.Keep them active through physical training or exercise.
2.Don't let them isolate themselves from others.
3.Keep them talking to someone or try to hear them out. That's the important thing.
4.Don't send them to a therapist because first of all there's nothing wrong with them. It's you because you are not listening.
5.No pills. There are no magic pills to cure carelessness. If you really cared none of this would be happening. So pay attention.
6.Relate to them so you understand what the hell they're going through.
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by kenhamlett April 1, 2010 10:31 AM EDT
Turn to the Councilor? Turn to drugs? No.
Here we have another supposed expert that sidesteps the simple fact that (using the recent news stories as examples) are induced. The social scientists, another fake discipline, create a pressure cooker situation in schools, teachers stress kids out with ridiculous teaching methods where the kids can't learn but are supposed to achieve anyway, administrators who ignore every indicator of problems and other students who are only interested in mayhem and are there due to the mainstreaming as part of the pressure cooker scenario, and ultimately government leaders who minimise any punishment and fail to correct the sytem.
Keep your pills and fake advice. The kids need a supportive school, government, community and family. They do not need chemistry and cons.

It does not matter if the rhetoric comes from Columbia or a diploma mill, they don't even identify the causes much less know the answers.
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by tsigili April 1, 2010 10:16 AM EDT
Until society gets the message, that parents aren't getting the job done, in raising their children to behave well, and to respect others, nothing will improve.
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