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Jason's generally not a fan of warning labels. But Erich Mische, CEO of Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE), may have changed his mind when it comes to protecting kids who are on social media. Take a listen!

Hour 2: Jason talks with Erich Mische from Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) about his Op/Ed supporting warning labels for kids on social media. Then on "DeRusha Eats" he introduces you to The Food Dolls!

Join Ryan Binkley's movement to bring unity and bipartisan solutions to the United States! In this captivating episode of The Brian Nichols Show, host Brian Nichols sits down with Binkley to explore his powerful vision for a better America. From addressing financial, healthcare, and border crises to prioritizing American infrastructure, Binkley offers innovative ideas and a fresh approach to governance. Binkley understands the urgency of addressing the national debt crisis. His strategy centers on promoting economic growth, reducing government spending, and reforming entitlement programs. He criticizes the government for sending billions of dollars to foreign countries while American infrastructure suffers. With Binkley's leadership, American infrastructure will take precedence, and aid will be extended to foreign nations only when absolutely necessary. Recognizing the lack of Republican representation in urban America, Binkley believes in the power of freedom and smaller government to resonate with these communities. He proposes a privately funded reinvestment in urban America through community programs, schools, after-school initiatives, job training trade centers, and education. By uplifting our cities and creating opportunities, we can bridge the divide and empower all communities. Binkley sheds light on the staggering healthcare inflation rates, which exceed regular inflation by 40%. This unsustainable trend erodes our economy. To combat this, he advocates for a volunteer movement called "Serving and Volunteering for Education" (SAVE). Volunteers will provide tutoring to young students, boosting education levels and reducing healthcare-related expenses in the long run. Check out Ryan Binkley's campaign for a stronger, united America! Tune in to this thought-provoking episode of The Brian Nichols Show, visit Binkley's website, follow him on social media, and donate even just $1 to help him reach the critical milestone of 40,000 unique donors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TRIGGER WARNING- This episode contains references to and information about suicide which may be upsetting to some people. The purpose of the episode is to educate and bring awareness to the stigma around mental illness and provide resources but if you are not in a position to handle this discussion, please skip this episode.If you are concerned about a friend or colleague, or if you are having thoughts of self-harm or suicide, please call the USA National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255), Canada Suicide Prevention Service (1-833-456-4566), or just dial 911.You may also Text HOME to 741-741 to reach a volunteer Crisis Counselor. The crisis text line is also available via Whatsapp and FB messenger.Find out more about suicide at SAVE.org"If you are thinking about suicide, please utilize all resources available to you. Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) has a website that is a helpful place to start. Aside from calling a crisis line, removing access to lethal means and talking to a loved one or someone else that you trust, SAVE recommends creating a safety plan. Having a safety plan in place during a time of emotional vulnerability or in crisis is one way to help manage your thoughts and feelings and a quick way to refer yourself to help. Use the link below for a safety plan template. Share your safety plan with your doctor(s), family, friends, or anyone else in your support network. Here is a template you can use."FREE QPR training...Today I am again joined by Dr. Marie Holowaychuk to continue our conversation regarding suicide awareness and prevention in veterinary medicine. We cover topics ranging from how to recognize someone who might be at risk of suicide to ways you can educate yourself about how to help someone in the midst of a crisis. We also touch on the correct and safe ways to discuss the matter of suicide with your team and friends. Bio! Dr. Marie Holowaychuk is a board-certified small animal emergency and critical care specialist and passionate advocate for veterinary team wellbeing. She lives in Calgary and travels worldwide as a speaker, consultant, and locum. Marie has spent more than 15 years practicing emergency and critical care medicine in academic and private referral hospital settings.  Outside of veterinary practice, Marie facilitates wellness workshops and retreats for veterinary clinics or organizations and offers individual or group wellbeing sessions for veterinary team members.  Recently Marie launched her own podcast Reviving Vet Med and has a YouTube channel that features monthly Wellness Wednesday videos.    When she is not working, Marie enjoys listening to podcasts, reading, hiking,  as well as spending time with her family and friends. For more information, please visit www.marieholowaychuk.com or follow Marie on Facebook, Twitter (@DrMHolowaychuk), LinkedIn, or Instagram.  ...Find out more about The Whole Veterinarian PodcastInstagram: @thewholeveterinarianFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewholeveterinarian/www.thewholeveterinarian.comSIGN UP for the The Whole Veterinarian Newsletter HERE!

Welcome to Care Conversations! Today we're speaking with Nicci Carpenier LICSW about children's mental health.Erik Erickson's stages of development: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK556096/Crisis Intervention: 800-784-2433 or 800-273-8255 (TTY: 800-799-4889). Call anytime for help. Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) (www.save.org): 888-511-SAVE (7283) Text 4 Life: txt "LIFE" to 61222 for immediate support and crisis intervention Crisis text line: Text "MN" to 741741. Free, confidential, 24/7.Hit us up on Instagram! @CareConversationsPodPlease leave us a rating, and make sure to subscribe for future episodes!

Every year on September 10th, individuals and organizations in over 50 countries connect and work together to prevent suicide, by supporting those who are struggling and to help those who are grieving. This year we will address this topic with Barbara Rubel the author of the fictional novel "But I Didn't Say Goodbye – Helping Families after a Suicide".  In her reader-friendly and well researched book, she addresses the loss of her father through suicide in a meaningful and thought provoking read, and discusses WHAT she learned in the process of grieving and healing. Barbara will share her unique approach to suicide prevention and post-vention, on how can develop personal resiliency and reclaim hope after loss in this month's "Bear Psychology radio show" on Realityradio101.com program. Whether you know someone who has attempted or completed suicide, or felt so much despair that you have considered it yourself ... we want to open up the dialogue today about this important topic. Let's start by clarifying that whatever is going on in your life today, the pain of the moment can elevate us to open up and and there are many people and sources of information that can provide relief. We will begin the conversation with two numbers and resource links so we have a safe reference point right from the start: In Canada: https://suicideprevention.ca/WSPD 1.833.456.4566 In the U.S.: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/  1-800-273-8255 We will discuss: The WHY of suicide Reflect on feelings of anger, guilt and grief Barbara's own experience of losing her father to suicide and how she was able to reconstruct meaning into her life after such a sudden loss Learn about her unique Dual Process Model and 4 Tasks of Grief and apply them to the impact of suicide loss Does the current COVID-19 Pandemic complicate grief from suicide of someone in your life? Barbara will reflect from the lens of her own tragic loss and personal experience. What do you do when your father dies by suicide while you are in the hospital awaiting the birth of your triplets? What do you do when you can't attend your father's funeral because physician orders include complete bed rest? What do you do when you realize that you experienced a devastating loss and that you are not alone in that experience? You write a book and dedicate your life to helping others affected by suicide. Barbara Rubel's fictional characters in "But I Didn't Say Goodbye" are a compilation of what individuals may experience throughout their lifetime as a suicide loss survivor. "But I Didn't Say Goodbye: Helping Families After a Suicide" tells the story, from the perspective of an eleven-year-old boy Alex and his family, as they are rocked by suicide and reeling from the aftermath. Through Alex's eyes, the reader sees the transformation of feelings after going through death by suicide. New to the book's 3rd edition, each chapter ends with Alex reflecting 10 years later on his experience, introducing family members and friends in his recollections. Barbara Rubel has combined our modern academic theories of grieving, and the research that supports those theories, and then translated them into a readable story for anyone bereaved by suicide. The revised edition is an evidence-informed and contemporary treatment of a devastating form of loss that uses the artful device of a hypothetical case study to render it in human terms. Through the story, the reader understands what losing someone to suicide might be like for a family, how to make meaning of the loss, and ways to experience personal growth. This self-help book was revised to provide guidance and education for clinicians and families to help suicide loss survivors. Links & Resources: But I Didn't Say Goodbye: Helping Families After a Suicide (3ed.) (2020), NJ: Griefwork Center, Inc. https://amzn.to/2FwS6JI Loss, Grief, and Bereavement: Helping Individuals Cope (4ed) (2019), MA: Western Schools https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/help-yourself/ https://suicideprevention.ca/Need-Help https://www.helpguide.org/articles/suicide-prevention/suicide-prevention.htm https://www.ted.com/talks/jeremy_forbes_how_to_start_a_conversation_about_suicide? https://www.ted.com/search?q=suicide++ Suicide Postvention Resources listed in the new and updated edition of But I Didn’t Say Goodbye: Helping Families After a Suicide (3rd ed.) by Barbara Rubel After a Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools (2nd): https://afsp.org/our-work/education/after-a-suicide-a-toolkit-for-schools/ After a Suicide: A Postvention Primer for Providers: tripod.com/After_a_Suicide.pdf After a Suicide: Religious Services: https://theactionalliance.org/faith-hope-life/after-suicide-recommendations-religious-services-and-other-public-memorial-observances A Guide for Medical Examiners and Coroners: Best Practices for Talking with Families About Suicide https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/a0415f_3160611bae3f4be69c8e86b1ec7ed4ce.pdf Alex Blackwood Foundation for Hope (Camp Alex): com Alliance of Hope for Suicide Loss Survivors: org American Academy of Bereavement: com American Association of Suicidology (AAS): org AAS-Helping Survivors of Suicide: What Can You Do? https://www.preventionlane.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Hepling-Survivors-of-Suicide_What-Can-You-Do.pdf American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP): org AFSP-Children, Teens and Suicide Loss: https://afsp.org/wp-content/flipbooks/childrenteenssuicideloss/?page=1 AFSP-Healing Conversations: Personal Support for Survivors of Suicide Loss: org/find-support/ive-lost-someone/healing-conversations/ Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC): The Thanatology Association: org Befrienders Worldwide: org/ Best Practices for Talking About Suicide for Medical Examiners and Coroners: https://www.mecrecs.org/ Beyond Blue: https://www.beyondblue.org.au/the-facts/suicide-prevention/understanding-suicide-and-grief/supporting-a-loved-one-after-they-have-lost-someone-to-suicide Breaking the Silence in the Workplace: http://www.sprc.org/sites/default/files/migrate/library/Breaking%20the%20Silence%20Final.pdf California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions: After Rural Suicide: A Guide for Coordinated Community Postvention Response: https://www.cibhs.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/after_rural_suicide_guide_2016rev.pdf Camp Kita: Children’s Bereavement Camp for Suicide Loss Survivors: https://campkita.com/ Carson J. Spencer Foundation: org The Catholic Charities: Loving Outreach to Survivors of Suicide: https://www.catholiccharities.net/GetHelp/OurServices/Counseling/Loss.aspx The Center for Complicated Grief: https://complicatedgrief.columbia.edu/professionals/complicated-grief professionals/overview/ Center for Grief and Loss: org/ Center for Suicide Awareness: https://www.centerforsuicideawareness.org/ Centering Corporation: org/ Clinicians as Survivors: After a Suicide Loss:/pages.iu.edu/~jmcintos/basicinfo.htm  Comfort Zone Camp: https://www.comfortzonecamp.org/ Compassion Books: compassionbooks.com Compassionate Friends: Surviving Your Child’s Suicide: https://www.compassionatefriends.org/surviving-childs-suicide/ Cope Foundation: org/ Davenee Foundation: org/ Digital Memorial Quilts: org/find-support/ive-lost-someone/digital-memory-quilt/create-a-new-quilt-square/ The Dougy Center: National Center for Grieving Children and Families: org/ Emma’s Place of Staten Island: emmasplacesi.com/ Find a Suicide Loss Survivors Support Group: org/find-support/ive-lost-someone/find-a-support-group/ Friends for Survival: Offering Help After a Suicide Death: org/ The Gift of Second: http://thegiftofsecond.com/ The Glendon Association: org/ Griefwork Center, Inc. Suicide Postvention Speaker Services griefworkcenter.com Heartbeat: https://www.heartbeatsurvivorsaftersuicide.org/ Help at Hand: A Guide for Funeral Directors: http://www.sprc.org/sites/default/files/migrate/library/funeraldirectors.pdf Hope Squad: com/postvention/ How to Talk to Kids About Suicide: https://drrobynsilverman.com/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-suicide-with-dr-dan-reidenberg/ International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP): info/postvention.php International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies: org The Jason Foundation: jasonfoundation.com The JED Foundation: org/ The Joseph T. Quinlan Bereavement Center: org Kara: kara-grief.org/support-for/adults/ Lifesavers Blog-AFSP: https://afsp.org/lifesaver-blog/ LOSS Team: com/ A Manager’s Guide to Suicide Postvention in the Workplace: org/Portals/14/docs/Survivors/Loss%20Survivors/Managers-Guidebook-To-Suicide-Postvention.pdf Mental Health America: net/ Moyer Foundation (Camp Erin): moyerfoundation.org National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention: Recommended Standard Care for People with Suicide Risk: Making Health Care Suicide Safe: org/sites/actionallianceforsuicideprevention.org/files/Action%20Alliance%20Recommended%20Standard%20Care%20FINAL.pdf National Alliance for Grieving Children: org/ National Alliance on Mental Illness: org/ National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN): nctsn.org/what-is-child-trauma/trauma-types/traumatic-grief  NASPA Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, Postvention: A guide for response to suicide on college campuses https://www.naspa.org/focus-areas/mental-health/postvention-a-guide-for-response-to-suicide-on-college-campuses  National Organization for Victim Assistance: org National Center for Victims of Crime: org/ National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 24/7, Free and Confidential Support: 1-800-273-TALK (8255); for Hard of Hearing 1-800-799-4889; en Español 1-888-628-9454  org/ National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Lifeline Online Postvention Manual http://www.sprc.org/sites/default/files/migrate/library/LifelineOnlinePostventionManual.pdf Open to Hope: com/ Our Side of Suicide: http://www.oursideofsuicide.com/ Parents of Suicides/Friends & Families of Suicides: pos-ffos.com/ Pastoral Postvention: https://theactionalliance.org/sites/default/files/fhl_competencies_v8_interactive.pdf Posttraumatic Growth Research Group: uncc.edu/ The Public Health Approach to Prevention org/sites/sprc.org/files/library/phasp.pdf QPR Institute for Suicide Prevention: qprinstitute.com/ Reach Out.com: reachout.com/loss-and-grief/supporting-a-friend-after-someone-dies-from-suicide/ Riverside Trauma Center: http://traumacenter.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Postventionguidelines.pdf SAFE-T Pocket Guides for Clinicians: samhsa.gov/product/Suicide-Assessment-Five-Step-Evaluation-and-Triage-SAFE-T-Pocket-Card-for-Clinicians/SMA09-4432 The Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org/ NYC: org/MA: samaritanshope.org/  Sibling Survivors of Suicide Loss: com/ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: samhsa.gov/ Suicide Attempt Survivors Task Force of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention: org/sites/actionallianceforsuicideprevention.org/files/The-Way-Forward-Final-2014-07-01.pdf Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE): org Suicide: Finding Hope: com/ Suicide Grief Support Forum: com/ Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC): org SPRC Toolkit for Schools http://www.sprc.org/resources-programs/after-suicide-toolkit-schools Suicide Safe:org/sites/actionallianceforsuicideprevention.org/files/Action%20Alliance%20Recommended%20Standard%20Care%20FINAL.pdf Suicide Safety Plan: com Support After a Suicide: org.au/ Surviving After a Suicide Loss Blog: https://survivingafterasuicide.com/blog/ Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS): https://www.taps.org/suicidepostvention Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute: com/ Trevor Project (LGBTQ): org/ United Suicide Survivors International: https://unitesurvivors.org/ Violent Death Bereavement Society: org/html/director.html Yellow Ribbon: org/ Zero Suicide in Health and Behavioral Health Care Toolkit: zerosuicide.sprc.org/toolkit 

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When you are any type of neuroatypical, whether that’s ADD, Autism, Asperger’s, Executive Function, ADHD, or anything that just makes you different; there-in lies your many gifts, but that can also mean a LOT of turmoil and strife as well. We talk about the positives & negatives of living in an online world, parenting nowadays, dealing with the constant messaging of social media, school shootings and other important but difficult topics with Dr. Reidenberg today. We hope this helps!  A little more about out guest today:   Dr. Dan Reidenberg PSYD, FAPA, DAPA, FACFEI, CRS, BCPC, CMT, CPAI. He is the Executive Director of Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE), Managing Director of the National Council for Suicide Prevention and is on the Executive Board of the International Association for Suicide Prevention.  He is Co-Chair of the International Media and Suicide Task Force.  He is a Certified Psychological Autopsy Interviewer and expert in forensic cases.  He serves on the numerous national and international editorial advisory boards and is a proposal reviewer for SAMHSA and the Royal Society of New Zealand.   Dr. Reidenberg speaks internationally and has over 50 published articles and 3 book chapters on mental health and suicide prevention.  He developed one of only 3 evidence-based programs for schools listed on the National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs; several Best Practice materials; and he helps develop the next generation of mental health and suicide prevention technology with Facebook and the other leading technology companies for the online industry.  He specializes in training media on the best practices for reporting on suicide in the USA and around the world.  He led the development of and wrote the US Recommendations for Media Reporting on Suicide; the Recommendations for Reporting on Mass Shootings; the Recommendations for Blogging on Suicide; and helped develop the Media Recommendations on Bullying, and was co-lead for the World Health Organization’s Media Guide for Reporting on Suicide.     Dr. Reidenberg has been interviewed by major media sources from around the world including CNN, Larry King, Good Morning America, the New York Times, Washington Post, Huffington Post, Time, Newsweek and radio in Australia, Russia, Canada and the UK.  He also led the workgroup on Warning Signs for Suicide and helped develop the US National Strategy for Suicide Prevention and the National Research Agenda (US) and is assisting India in the development of their Best Practices.     He has received numerous awards for his work including the Service to Humanity Award, Service to Suicidology Award, as a Champion of Change by The Obama Administration and he is recognized in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World.   In this episode Peter & Dan discuss: 1:00-  Intro & welcome Dr. Dan Reidenberg!  Ref: Executive Director of Suicidal Awareness- Voices of Educatio (SAVE)  Managing Director of National Council for Suicide Prevention Board member of International Association for Suicide Prevention  2:22-  What do you see when you look at the Neurodiverse landscape in today’s world? 3:37-  On how social media has changed and magnified interpersonal dynamics 4:56-  What are some of the positives and solutions of an online world? 6:17-  What can parents do to keep involved in their kids online life? 7:32-  We live in a dangerous world nowadays. Some kids have a pretty bleak outlook. What do you see in your research about what’s really going on inside of kids? 10:15-  What can we do to work better with kids during the aftermath of trauma(s)? 11:05-  About hope 11:56-  If you could take every parent and put them in a room together, what would be the number one thing you’d impart to them about how to help their kids today? 13:21-  Many parents feel like they can’t compete with the influx of messaging that kids are receiving through all of the screens these days. What would you say to parents who feel like they just aren’t getting through? 15:40-  Where can people find you?  www.SAVE.org 15:54-  Thank you Dr. Reidenberg!! And thank YOU for subscribing, reviewing and listening. Your reviews have been working! Even if you’ve reviewed us before, would you please continue to do so. Each review you post helps to ensure that word will continue to spread, and that we will all be able to reach & help even more people! You can always reach me via peter@shankman.com or @petershankman on all of the socials. You can also find us at @FasterThanNormal on all of the socials. 17:20-  Faster Than Normal Podcast info & credits As always, leave us a comment below and please drop us a review on iTunes and of course, subscribe to the podcast if you haven’t already! The more reviews we get, the more people we can reach. Help us to show the world that ADHD is a gift, not a curse! Know of anyone you think should be on the FTN podcast? Shoot us a note, we’d love to hear!

It's a Canadian coding extravaganza! A special guest lineup joins to answer two questions: - Can coding education save Canada from tech brain drain? - Do 'top developer' lists contribute to toxic coding culture? Special guests: Melissa Sariffodeen - co-founder/CEO, Canada Learning Code Jeremy Shaki - co-founder, Lighthouse Labs Rohan Nair - Senior Technology Director, Highline BETA Sage Franch - co-founder, Crescendo Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "Give It Up" by The Beaches Ad music: "Dreams" by Joakim Karud

14 May 2018 – This past week, with the suicide of Frightened Rabbit frontman, Scott Hutchison, media and, well, all of us, once again came up against how best to talk about suicide and best practices for media. Dr. Dan Reidenberg, Executive Director of Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE), joined us for the interview. In particular he spoke about the fact that everybody has a role in suicide prevention and that including stories of hope, of those who have survived, is important. Dan also mentioned a number of websites and I am including links for you: SAVE.org; Live Through This; Blogging on Suicide; and To Prevent the Attempt (for media organizations). At the top of the show Will lets the Finance Minister, Bruno Le Maire’s, French flag fly with Le Maire’s threat to push the EU to use blocking regulations in response to Trump reinstating US sanctions against Iran in breach of the Iranian nuclear treaty. I’m excited that heterodox economists are finally being accorded a modicum of respect and space in the overall discussion around the “science” of economics. In his block Will gets into the fracas the International Association of Athletic Federations is in over their new regulations on natural testosterone levels. Their reasoning is based on secret, unethical, and dubious research carried out by the communist German Democratic Republic which suggested that testosterone levels affect the performance of female athletes. This research can’t be repeated because dosing children with testosterone without their knowledge or consent is deeply unethical. Despite broad opposition from scientists of various disciplines, the IAAF is pushing forward with the regulations, mostly because they’re angry that Caster Semenya keeps winning races. In my block I’m still on framing modern monetary theory (this is part 4) because how we talk about things, how we frame them, makes all the difference and since MMT redefines the art of the possible and we are still at the beginning of surfacing MMT, this is the time to set those frames well. Also, I learned a new word from Will: sado-monetarism! As we mentioned at the beginning of the show, we will be off next week because my day job is invading my life. Until next time, many carrots to you and yours! – Arliss

How do we communicate responsibly about depression and suicide without fueling contagion? During the 2016-2017 academic year, Columbia University was rocked by at least five student suicides. Guests: Jacqueline Basulto and Sean Ryan, Columbia University graduates; Dr. Dan Reidenberg, Executive Director of Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE); Jennifer Michael Hecht, historian, poet and author of "Stay: A History of Suicide and the Arguments Against It." | insicknessandinhealthpodcast.com | glow.fm/insicknessandinhealth | #Equity #Disparities #HealthDisparities #MentalHealth #MentalIllness #Suicide #Depression #Trauma #ACEs #Abuse #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #BeThe1To #LoveIsLouder #DoSomething #SAVE #CrisisTextLine #QNTFY #JEDFoundation #ChallengeSuccess #Heathers #UROK #Neurotica #13RT #ThirteenReasons #ChangeHowYouListen #ItOnlyTakesAMoment #BCBPListens #TED #TEDMED #TEDWomen #MedHum #MedHumChat #NarrativeMedicine #HealthHumanities #SocialMedicine #SocialJustice #SDoH

Depression affects more than 350 million people, and all too often causes a loved one to take his or her own life.Contrary to popular belief, depression is very prevalent in society and has been on the rise in the past decade, causing many of its victims to tragically end their lives. In fact, Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) reports that suicide takes the lives of nearly 30,000 Americans annually.At some point in your life you may encounter hard times which cause you to feel down in the dumps. However, there is a difference between feeling sad and suffering from depression. Depression is a serious medical disorder that causes tenacious feelings of sadness, hopelessness and helplessness. It can interfere with your daily tasks and can lead to suicide.According to the National Institute of Mental Health, there are two types of depression: major depression and persistent depressive disorder. Major depression consists of severe symptoms such as persistent sadness, inability to eat, sleep, enjoy life and thoughts of suicide. Persistent depressive disorder is characterized by a depressed mood that lasts for at least two years.What are the signs you should be looking for if you think someone you know is suffering from depression?Depression might be thrown around loosely in daily conversations, but there are some serious symptoms and warning signs you should be aware of. Symptoms include constantly being sad, a loss of pleasure in what used to bring joy, changes in sleep and appetite, loss of energy and motivation, problems with memory or concentration, and a preoccupation with dying.Unfortunately, depression and mental illness are often stigmatized, which could make it harder to talk openly and seek help. However, SAVE recommends that instead of instilling negativity, you should openly start a sensitive dialogue by asking your loved one questions about how he or she is feeling.What are some of the treatment options available for depression?There are several options that involve medications, psychotherapy and self-care. Oftentimes a combination of taking antidepressants, talking to a professional and changing up your diet or exercise routine can be used together to help ease symptoms of depression.What else can be done to heal, help and prevent depression and suicide?If you or a loved one is battling depression or having thoughts of suicide, you are not alone. Reach out to your doctor or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.Chief of Psychiatry and the psychiatry residency program director for Geisinger Health System, Dr. Marie Ruevem, discusses why depression is a misunderstood yet very prevalent illness, as well as signs of depression and the types of treatment options available.

Depression affects more than 350 million people, and all too often causes a loved one to take his or her own life.Contrary to popular belief, depression is very prevalent in society and has been on the rise in the past decade, causing many of its victims to tragically end their lives. In fact, Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) reports that suicide takes the lives of nearly 30,000 Americans annually.At some point in your life you may encounter hard times which cause you to feel down in the dumps. However, there is a difference between feeling sad and suffering from depression. Depression is a serious medical disorder that causes tenacious feelings of sadness, hopelessness and helplessness. It can interfere with your daily tasks and can lead to suicide.According to the National Institute of Mental Health, there are two types of depression: major depression and persistent depressive disorder. Major depression consists of severe symptoms such as persistent sadness, inability to eat, sleep, enjoy life and thoughts of suicide. Persistent depressive disorder is characterized by a depressed mood that lasts for at least two years.What are the signs you should be looking for if you think someone you know is suffering from depression?Depression might be thrown around loosely in daily conversations, but there are some serious symptoms and warning signs you should be aware of. Symptoms include constantly being sad, a loss of pleasure in what used to bring joy, changes in sleep and appetite, loss of energy and motivation, problems with memory or concentration, and a preoccupation with dying.Unfortunately, depression and mental illness are often stigmatized, which could make it harder to talk openly and seek help. However, SAVE recommends that instead of instilling negativity, you should openly start a sensitive dialogue by asking your loved one questions about how he or she is feeling.What are some of the treatment options available for depression?There are several options that involve medications, psychotherapy and self-care. Oftentimes a combination of taking antidepressants, talking to a professional and changing up your diet or exercise routine can be used together to help ease symptoms of depression.What else can be done to heal, help and prevent depression and suicide?If you or a loved one is battling depression or having thoughts of suicide, you are not alone. Reach out to your doctor or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.Chief of Psychiatry and the psychiatry residency program director for Geisinger Health System, Dr. Marie Ruevem, discusses why depression is a misunderstood yet very prevalent illness, as well as signs of depression and the types of treatment options available.

New York State has a comprehensive approach to school safety. Passed by the New York State legislature in 2000, the Safe Schools Against Violence in Education (SAVE) legislation requires that persons seeking educational certification in New York State must participate in a two-hour violence prevention training.