4 Troubled Teens Blog

In recent months, three children in the Manitoba, Canada, area have committed suicide, and there is evidence that many more have tried to kill themselves. Government officials in the remote Indian reserve of Pukatawagan say more than two dozen other teens have committed suicide in the last year.

[Sandi] Rhodes [Pukatawagan Director of Education] along with Chief Arlen Dumas and the band council, wrote to Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and to Health Canadas First Nation and Inuit Health Branch this month, begging for more access to long-term counseling, a suicide-prevention curriculum in schools, clinical experts, grief counselors, and training for teachers ... (Source: Winnipeg Free Press)

Federal and provincial governments in Canada had fast-tracked a suicide prevention program that included a healing center, but the program ended after two years, when funding ran out.

Teen suicide remains a problem in the United States as well as in Canada. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suicide is the third leading cause of death for young people between the ages of 15 and 24, and is the fourth leading cause of death for children between the ages of 10 and 14.

Labels: suicide, teen_suicide

Posted By: Aspen/CRC