by Emma | Aug 27, 2019 | Administrators, Education Law, Learning and the Law, Mental Health, School Counselors, suicide, Suicide Prevention
Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. More than 47,000 individuals died of suicide in 2017, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Almost 7,000 of those who died of suicide were under 24. Moreover, according to the CDC, suicide rates...
by Emma | Feb 20, 2018 | Blog, Cyberbullying, Digital Citizenship, Mental Health, Online Dangers, Parenting, Parents, Social Media
Between 2010 and 2015, teen depression and suicide rates climbed 31%. Recent research points in one direction: avid Internet use. New Media Clinical Psychological Science recently published a paper linking teen mental illness and new media, a term including...
