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To lose a child is every parent’s worst nightmare. To have a child die by suicide is worse than what most of us can imagine. Over the past year,

Become an Alert Helper Free safeTALK workshops subsidized by Ottawa Public Health Learn four basic steps to recognize persons with thoughts of suicide and connect them with suicide helping resources. Why

What to do when a friend of your teen commits suicide? As parents, we understand the warning signs of suicide in teens and young adults. But do teens

If you’re one of Facebook’s 800 million or so users and you happen to be struggling with depression, there is new hope. Facebook has launched a program this

Facebook users can now contact a crisis counselor through a direct link for a private online chat. A crisis representative from the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline will

Too many children today believe suicide is the only way to deal with abuse, bullying, and depression. For many of those children Kids Help Phone is the only

Even though it’s been two years since I saw it happen, its impact on me is still strong. I was sitting in the stands at a Good Charlotte