Tag Archive | #Policeofficers
#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – Program Focuses On #Officers’ #MentalHealth
By Marcia Moore mmoore@dailyitem.com Shamokin Dam Police Chief Timothy Bremigen is happy that his #officers will have a chance to go through #mentalhealthtraining through the Police Peer Support Program. Robert Inglis/The Daily Item Robert Inglis/The Daily Item Scott Rood, a Mount Pleasant Mills resident and a East Pennsboro #police sergeant who has served as a […]
#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – ‘I Fear The Long-Term Effects’: Before His Death, A #Nurse Warned Of The #Pandemic’s Toll On #HealthCareWorkers
By Andrew Joseph In early 2020, Michael Odell sensed that #Covid-19 would hit hard. A young intensive care #nurse who traveled to hospitals needing an extra hand, he told his family that demand for people like him was surging. By April 2, just a few weeks into what had become an atmosphere of fear and mass […]
#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – #Police Data how #Men Make Up Bulk Of #SuicideAttempts Since 2016
By Tharanya Arumugam KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has seen a 61.7 per cent jump in #suicideattempts over the course of six years from 2016, with #adult #men aged 19 to 40 making up the bulk of cases. #Police data shared with the New Straits Times showed that 193 people attempted #suicide in 2016, which rose to 256 […]
#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – Middle #School Principal Dies By #Suicide On Southern California Campus, Officials Say
Dennis Romero A California middle #school administrator fatally shot himself on campus Monday, authorities said, adding that no #students witnessed his death. #Police were called to Kraemer Middle #School in Placentia in Southern California about 9 a.m. and discovered the man in the bathroom, with a firearm nearby, Placentia #Police Capt. Brian Perry said. Officials […]
#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – ‘No parents should have to bury their child’: How A #Canadian Funeral Home Owner Is Trying To Stop #Suicides Among #InternationalStudents
Toronto funeral home owner Kamal Bhardwaj hopes to spur a conversation about these young people’s #mentalhealth through the founding of a new group. By Nicholas Keung Immigration Reporter Tucked away in an expansive industrial park filled with factories and warehouses, a funeral home in north Toronto hosts a gathering of people to mourn the death of […]
#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – Suicides Among Law Enforcement More Prevalent Than Most People Realize
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Miami-Dade County #policeofficer Adly Joseph died as a result of #suicide, #police sources confirmed to Local 10 News. Department director Freddy Ramirez said in a tweet Monday that the four year #veteran of the force had died. This comes about a month after the Hollywood #Police department mourned the loss of Lieutenant […]
JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – Why Are More #Black Kids Suicidal? A Search For Answers
#Mentalhealthexperts assumed that people of all races had the same risk factors for self-harm. Emerging evidence suggests that is not the case. By Christina Caron Joe was 17 when he decided life wasn’t worth living. He was tired of the violence in his Boston neighborhood, where his older brother had spent more than a year recovering […]
#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – #Suicide Is The Top Killer Of Cops, So Billings #FirstResponders Learn Ways To Navigate Job And Life Stressors
By: Andrea Lutz BILLINGS – For three days, Billings police officers and other area #firstresponders are learning new techniques for managing on-the-job stress to combat rising suicides in law enforcement. In the last four years, #suicide has become the number one cause of death of law enforcement #officers nationwide. #Suicide rates are three times higher than […]
#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – ‘Daddy Isn’t Coming Back’: Surviving My Partner’s #Suicide
We need to talk about severe #mentalillness, and how to better fund its treatment, writes Manuela Saragosa Manuela Saragos When my partner Steve was sectioned under the #mentalhealth act in 2012, our #children found it easy to explain why their father was being kept in hospital. “Daddy’s brain isn’t working properly,” our seven-year-old son said. […]
#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – Shatter The Myths About #Suicide And Kids Of Color | Expert Opinion
#Doctors from the #AmericanPsychiatricAssociation say that #medicalprofessionals and researchers must rededicate themselves to ensuring that young #peopleofcolor receive #mentalhealthservices. #JamesDonaldson notes: Welcome to the “next chapter” of my life… being a voice and an advocate for #mentalhealthawarenessandsuicideprevention, especially pertaining to our younger generation of students and student-athletes. Getting men to speak up and reach out […]
