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We never saw it coming : A Manchester teen took his own life, now his family wants to save others
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The family of a 16-year-old who took his own life last month in East Manchester Township is grappling for answers and a local suicide prevention advocate says it s important to know the warning signs of suicidal ideation.
Erik M. Rivas was a hunter who respected animals and loved nature, so it wasn t unusual for him to leave the house often and go for walks, said grandmother Julia Weyant.
However, the Manchester teen never came back this time, and family members say his death felt like a slap in the face because they never saw it coming.
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National Suicide Prevention Award Given for Lifesaving Work in Emergency Departments
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NEW YORK, April 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ To recognize leaders in suicide prevention, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) will honor the developers of Emergency Psychiatric Intervention (EPI), a new toolkit of best practices for patients with psychiatric emergencies. The EPI team will be awarded the Innovation in Acute Care Suicide Prevention Award on April 8 during a webinar hosted by AFSP and ACEP. When we began work on Project 2025, our bold goal to reduce the national suicide rate 20% by 2025, we envisioned creative new solutions like this new toolkit developed by the team at Vituity. This team has found a way to better meet the behavioral health needs of patients, said
LOGAN A 22-year-old woman who was reported missing from Logan Canyon was found dead, authorities said.
Family of the woman reported the woman missing Friday evening, and the woman s car was located by authorities in Logan Canyon, said Cache County Sheriff s Lt. Doyle Peck.
Peck said Monday the woman had been found dead from an apparent suicide. He did not release her name or any further information about the case.
Saturday, Peck said hiking and dog search and rescue teams were dispatched to the canyon and covered a lot of ground but to no avail.
Search and rescue teams returned to the canyon Sunday morning to resume the search efforts. Peck added authorities had interviewed family and friends to see if it was possible she went camping or possibly picked up by someone else before they located the woman s body.