http://www.chinspirations.com/mhsourcepage/suicide-by-children-and-preteens Humanity Behind Depression and Bipolar Disorder since 1998 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:47:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.chinspirations.com/mhsourcepage/suicide-by-children-and-preteens/comment-page-1#comment-126224 Gavin Boyd Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:07:53 +0000 http://www.chinspirations.com/mhsourcepage/?p=394#comment-126224 Great post about a parents worst nightmare. I had two friends who died this way and the aftermath for the family's was unbearable. Great post about a parents worst nightmare. I had two friends who died this way and the aftermath for the family’s was unbearable.

]]> http://www.chinspirations.com/mhsourcepage/suicide-by-children-and-preteens/comment-page-1#comment-123364 Jane Chin, Ph.D. Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:21:53 +0000 http://www.chinspirations.com/mhsourcepage/?p=394#comment-123364 It truly is - sensitive and disturbing a topic... part of this "taboo" is the social stigma around depression and suicide. Many still see these as character weaknesses rather than having a physical basis - or at the very least acknowledge that persistent/consistent emotional triggers would influence the physical body eventually. Parents sometimes are not aware of the signals they need to pay attention to that tell them their children are deeply troubled. Sometimes parents are too busy to truly see and hear their children. It truly is – sensitive and disturbing a topic… part of this “taboo” is the social stigma around depression and suicide. Many still see these as character weaknesses rather than having a physical basis – or at the very least acknowledge that persistent/consistent emotional triggers would influence the physical body eventually. Parents sometimes are not aware of the signals they need to pay attention to that tell them their children are deeply troubled. Sometimes parents are too busy to truly see and hear their children.

]]> http://www.chinspirations.com/mhsourcepage/suicide-by-children-and-preteens/comment-page-1#comment-123361 Jane Chin, Ph.D. Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:08:06 +0000 http://www.chinspirations.com/mhsourcepage/?p=394#comment-123361 Thank you so much for sharing your perspective as an ex-police officers who have seen what many of us can only try to explain or describe, David. Thank you so much for sharing your perspective as an ex-police officers who have seen what many of us can only try to explain or describe, David.

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