April is Mental Health Awareness Month, and addressing rural mental health in coastal Southern Oregon and Northern California is particularly challenging. To help raise awareness for this important issue, Zero Attempts (www.ZeroAttempts.org) is coordinating a 16-page suicide prevention newspaper insert to be placed in major newspapers in Coos, Curry and Del Norte counties in September 2019 (Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month).
Newspaper insert sections will outline important risk factors, warning signs, and contributing factors; how to intervene and talk with someone you are concerned about; and how to determine if a personβs situation is an emergency and how to respond. The insert will have sections focusing on youth, veterans, the elderly, and a usually overlooked area regarding the impact of suicide in the workplace.
To read the full article written by Gordon Clay, click HERE
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