Brunswick and Topsham-area schools hosting suicide prevention forums
Forums will look at the warning signs of suicide and provide tools to support students in a time of increased mental health stress due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Brunswick and Topsham-area school districts are hosting forums this week in response to the death by suicide of a Brunswick High School sophomore.
Spencer Smith, 16, who died Dec. 4, struggled from the isolation brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, his family said.
If you need help…
If you are concerned about yourself or about somebody else please call the Maine Crisis Hotline at 1-888-568-1112. If you are not in Maine, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or chat with a crisis counselor at https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/.