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Hope Squad program in schools help teens identify peers at suicide risk If you have thoughts of suicide, call National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 Published:  Tags:  CINCINNATI, Ohio (Ivanhoe Newswire) – The suicide rate for kids ages 10 through 14 tripled from 2007 to 2017. In 2019, suicide rates among older teens and young adults reached the highest point in almost two decades. And experts aren’t yet sure what impact the pandemic will have on kids and young adults. Now, there’s an evidence-based program that taps teens to identify peers who could be at suicide ris...

Date Time WMC-TV, Memphis: Teens stopping suicides Jennifer Wright-Berryman, PhD, of the School of Social Work at the UC College of Allied Health Sciences, is featured in a TV segment on teen suicide prevention produced by Ivanhoe Broadcast News and aired on WMC-TV in Memphis, TN. Wright-Berryman is the national lead researcher for Hope Squad, a peer-to-peer suicide prevention program which reduces youth suicide through education, training and peer intervention. /University Release. This material comes from the originating organization and may be of a point-in-time nature, edited for clarity...

Best Life: Teens stopping suicides Best Life: Teens helping teens with suicide By Ivanhoe Broadcast News | February 2, 2021 at 6:19 AM CST - Updated February 2 at 4:05 PM CINCINNATI, Ohio (Ivanhoe Newswire) – The suicide rate for kids ages 10 through 14 tripled from 2007 to 2017. In 2019, suicide rates among older teens and young adults reached the highest point in almost two decades. And experts aren’t yet sure what impact the pandemic will have on kids and young adults. Now, there’s an evidence-based program that taps teens to identify peers who could be a suicide risk. High schoo...