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Total # of calls 1,181 Total # of suicide calls 122 Total # of Student and Young Adult calls 80 Total # of info cards distributed 944 Total # of persons reached through outreach activities 592 |
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CONTACT Pittsburgh offers immediate emotional support, crisis intervention and suicide prevention services through its volunteer hotline, outreach and educational programs |
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November 2009 |
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¨ WQED-TV OnQ Teen Suicide On Demand If you missed the OnQ special on Teen Suicide featuring a panel including Dr. Paula McCommons, Dr. David Brent, Christy Stuber and Betty Robson you can watch it On Demand here: (www.wqed.org/ondemand/onq.php?cat=&id=577) ¨ Teen Angst Turns Deadly The suicide rate of middle school girls today are shown to have increased 76 percent in 2004 possibly citing cultural and parental pressure as speculation for the increase (www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200901/teen-angst-turns-deadly) ¨ Trapped between worlds, some Latina teens consider suicide Similar to middle school girls, there has also been a shown increase in suicide thoughts and attempts amongst Latina teen and pre-teens (www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/10/20/lia.latina.suicides/index.html) ¨ Fewer Murders, More Suicide? A recent study shows that in the United States you are twice as likely to die by suicide than you are to die from a homicide (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/fewer-murders-more-suicide/) ¨ 43% rise in suicide rate for first three months of this year Suicide continues to be a major problem across the world as in Ireland data on completed suicides in 2009 report a very sharp increase as compared to 2008 data (www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2009/1030/1224257682115.html) ¨ Military suicides up in 2008 Military personnel in Canada also report increased completed suicides during 2008 as compared to the previous year (www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2009/10/28/suicide-soldier-rate-afghanistan.html ) |
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AFSP National Survivors of Suicide Conference On November 21, 2009 from 11:00am-2:00pm at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing the local chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide will be hosting the National Survivors of Suicide Day conference including local speakers on suicide and suicide prevention and a live webcast of a national panel discussion. Local speakers at this event will include Dr. Ann Mitchell Associate Professor of Nursing at the University of Pittsburgh and President of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Pittsburgh Chapter, Christy Stuber, Executive Director of CONTACT Pittsburgh and Katelyn King, a student at the University of Pittsburgh who is a survivor of suicide. More information on the national webcast can be found here. If you would like to attend please contact AFSP at afsppgh@gmail.com or 412-624-9005 |