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All four public high schools in Ascension Parish will hold viewings of the My Ascension suicide prevention documentary.

All four public high schools in Ascension Parish will hold viewings of the My Ascension suicide prevention documentary.

Emma Benoit was just 16 years old when she survived a suicide attempt. Now, she's making it her mission to prevent suicides across the country.

Mental health organizations are holding an awareness event for mental illness and suicide prevention in Grand Rapids this week.

Eric Hipple survived a suicide attempt in 1997, but it wasn't until a tragedy three years later that his family knew mental health could no longer be ignored.

About 20 Wadena community members watched the documentary at a suicide prevention training on Sept. 29, along with hearing from the panel members of Eagle’s Healing Nest director Melony Butler, Wadena-Deer Creek high school social worker Laura Kiser, Maureen Baymler of New York Mills and Amanda Kramer of Alexandria.

National Film Debut of ‘My Ascension’ and Panel Discussion Special to Devils Lake Journal BISMARCK - On June 7, 2017, Emma Benoit, a 16-year-old high school cheerleader, while home alone called her mom at work hoping she could be calmed down from a panic attack. Benoit’s anxiety and depression that she had been hiding from her parents became too much. When her mom had to take a work call and put her daughter on hold, Benoit decided the time had come to end her life by shooting herself in ...