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Celebrity Suicides Bring Issue of Mental Health to the Forefront
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. – Kate Spade. Anthony Bourdain. These celebrities seemed to have it all – fame, wealth and a lifestyle glamorized in pop culture. Unfortunately, not everything is at it seems – which makes their apparent suicides even more shocking. Suicide rates in the United…
NSU’s Office of Suicide and Violence Prevention Can Help Save A Loved One’s Life
In 2004, Nova Southeastern University established a Crisis Prevention Committee to help develop strategies for preventing suicide and violence within the NSU community. That grew, and in 2007 the NSU Office of Suicide and Violence Prevention was formed. The goal is to provide information regarding risk factors and warning signs…
National experts in the area of bullying and suicide prevention, Scott Poland, Ed.D. and Doug Flemons, Ph.D., from Nova Southeastern University’s Office of Suicide and Violence Prevention highlight statistics on the U.S. national suicide rate as well as the university’s efforts to help develop strategies for preventing suicide and violence….
Scott Poland, Ed.D., and Stephanie Guedj, B.A, from NSU’s Office of Suicide and Violence Prevention urge that installing programs to prevent suicide should be an element of bullying prevention. In an opinion editorial in Sun Sentinel and Huffington Post Poland and Guedj state that awareness of the risk factors and warning…