Posts Tagged ‘suicide’
As Prop 57 goes into effect, experts debate impact on youth, prison overcrowding
In November, Californians passed Proposition 57 by a 64.5 percent vote. Formally known as the California Parole for Non-Violent Criminals and Juvenile Court Trial Requirements Initiative, and strongly endorsed by Governor Jerry Brown, Oakland’s former mayor, the new law attempts to ease prison overcrowding by increasing parole opportunities for inmates and changing how juvenile offenders…
Read MoreEast Bay programs teach the public how to help during a mental health crisis
East Bay suicide prevention and social services programs are offering a new course that teaches the public how to recognize and respond to mental illness.
Read MoreSuicide prevention methods in Alameda County focus on groups most at risk
A teen text-line and an older men’s support group prove Alameda County’s progressive suicide prevention initiatives that focusing on the two groups remaining the most at risk in recent years: teens and elderly men.
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Alameda County Crisis Support Services is making strides in suicide prevention developing innovative programs—a teen text line and an older men’s support group—tailored to the two populations most at risk: youth and elderly men.
Read MoreAt Lake Merritt, families and survivors walk to support suicide prevention
Before sunrise on October 17, survivors of suicide and those who have lost loved ones to suicide will gather on the shores of Oakland’s Lake Merritt for the 7th Annual Out of the Darkness Community Walk, a fundraiser for the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention.
Read MoreMeeting teens where they are: Suicide prevention by text message
Alameda County teenagers struggling with suicidal thoughts can find help by sending a text message.
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