Blog Archives

What Drives Larimer County Youths to Suicide?

2/29/2016

Gavin Holden's classmates at Webber Middle School told him to "just go kill yourself."

Again. And again. And again.

"When you hear that every day from multiple people, you start to believe it," he said.

Last year, 33 youths ages 17 and younger were admitted to Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins and Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland following suicide attempts, a 6.5 percent increase from 2014. Banner Health, which also has a facility in Fort Collins, did not have similar data available.

By Sarah Jane Kyle, Coloradoan - Read Full Article

0 Comments

Bullying Prevention Training Course

2/19/2016

0 Comments

StopBullying.gov launched a new Bullying Prevention Online Course. The training provides guidance on how to take a public health approach to bullying prevention through the use of long-term, community-wide prevention strategies.

This is a self-study course and earning continuing education credit is available.

Read more and take the course

0 Comments

Many Depressed Teens Don't Get Follow-Up Care

2/11/2016

0 Comments

Depression can strike during the teen years, but too many U.S. teenagers with the illness are not getting proper follow-up care, a new study finds.

"These results raise concerns about the quality of care for adolescent depression," concluded a team led by Briannon O'Connor, who conducted the study while at New York University School of Medicine.
One expert wasn't surprised by the findings.

"Most adolescents who are depressed do not receive any treatment whatsoever for their impairments for many reasons, including lack of access to care, stigma, and a workplace shortage of trained child and adolescent psychiatrists," said Dr. Aaron Krasner, chief of the Adolescent Transitional Living Service at Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, Conn.

As the study authors explained, major depression affects 12 percent of teens, and as many as 26 percent of young people experience at least mild depression. Prompt treatment is crucial because failure to relieve depression increases the risk of recurrent depression and more impaired functioning in the long term, the researchers said.

By Healthfinder.gov - Read Full Article

0 Comments

Depression Screening Recommended For All Pregnant Women, New Mothers

2/4/2016

0 Comments

" Pregnant women and new mothers need more attention when it comes to screening for depression, according to recommendations issued Tuesday by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

The announcement follows similar recommendations in 2002 and 2009. What's new this time is the special shout-out for pregnant women and new moms. They need special recognition, the task force says, because of evidence showing that they can be accurately diagnosed and successfully treated, and because untreated depression harms not only the mother, but her child as well.

The task force's recommendations for pre- and post-term moms appear in the current issue of JAMA, the journal of the American Medical Association. They track with advice from other groups, including the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists."

By Joanne Silberner, NPR - Read Full Article

0 Comments

What Drives Larimer County Youths to Suicide?

Bullying Prevention Training Course

Many Depressed Teens Don't Get Follow-Up Care

Depression Screening Recommended For All Pregnant Women, New Mothers

Author

Categories

Archives

What Drives Larimer County Youths to Suicide?

Bullying Prevention Training Course

Many Depressed Teens Don't Get Follow-Up Care

Depression Screening Recommended For All Pregnant Women, New Mothers﻿

Author

Categories

Archives

Depression Screening Recommended For All Pregnant Women, New Mothers