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Category Archives: Youth Suicide
Teen Suicide Prevention: Connection Matters
A great deal of scientific and social endeavour is expended on preventing suicide. Few losses evoke emotions in others as much as a person’s death by their own hand. A person’s suicide evokes predictable questions: Why did they not confide … Continue reading
Suicide prevention: the trouble with RUOK?
Suicide prevention is a worthy undertaking. Much credit must be given to those who endeavour to raise the profile of suicide prevention and its correlate, mental health promotion. The RUOK? campaign that seeks to raise community awareness and prevent possible … Continue reading
Suicide prevention: connection matters
A great deal of scientific and social endeavour is expended on preventing suicide. Few losses evoke emotions in others as much as a person’s death by their own hand. A person’s suicide evokes predictable questions: Why did they not confide … Continue reading
Assessing Suicide Risk
Youth suicide remains a major public health concern of our time. Few things are more tragic than a young life cut short. Compounding the tragedy of youth suicide is the fact that suicide among young people is a permanent solution … Continue reading
Locus of control and youth suicide
In this, the last post for a little while about my historical publications concerning youth suicide and mental health, I want to introduce you to the following paper: Pearce, C.M., & Martin, G. (1993). Locus of Control as an Indicator of … Continue reading
Posted in Resilience, Wellbeing, Youth Suicide
Tagged AAA caregiving, child psychologist, child trauma, resilience, Suicide, wellbeing, Youth Suicide
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Predicting suicide attempts among adolescents
On this, World Suicide Prevention Day, I thought it fitting to draw your attention to one of my earlier publications: Pearce, C. & Martin, G (1994), Predicting Suicide Attempts Among Adolescents. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 90 : 324-328. Between 1991 and 1995 … Continue reading
Posted in Youth Suicide
Tagged child psychologist, child trauma, resilience, Suicide, wellbeing, Youth Suicide
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Attachment and Resilience 