2018 Brochure - Flipbook - Page 15
In the next decade
we will have a 31%
increase in teen suicide
and drug overdoses
and alcohol related
deaths.
U.S. SUICIDE RATES HAVE
REACHED A 30-YEAR HIGH!
In 2017, we had 160,000 teens rushed
to the Emergency room with a failed
suicide attempt. Of those, 35% will try
again and succeed!
Mental illness is the greatest
healthcare crisis of our time
and we as educators have a
great responsibility to reach our
youth where they won’t come
forward.
SUICIDE PREVENTION
AND CRISIS INTERVENTION
“1 in 5 children ages 13-18 have or will have a serious mental illness.
“Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death in youth ages 10 - 24 and 90% of those who
died by suicide had an underlying mental illness.
“More teenagers and young adults die from suicide than from cancer, heart disease,
AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, in昀氀uenza, and chronic lung disease, combined.
Each day in our country, there are more than 3,000 suicide attempts
by young people grades 9-12.
“If these percentages are additionally= applied to grades 7 & 8, the numbers would be
higher.
“The Costs of NOT Taking Action Are Just Too Crazy to Ignore!”
THE STATISTICS ARE HIGHLY TROUBLING
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“Millions of teens in the United States have mental health problems and behavioral imbalances that may lead to poor academic performance and unful昀椀llment in their lives.
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Jeff is educated, trained, and certi昀椀ed to
raise awareness about mental health and
teaches suicide prevention in a manner designed to educate, inform, and inspire. His
speaking programs interweave key educational messaging with personal narrative,
bringing audiences together for an enlightening program.
Since 2012, we’ve seen a
surge in smartphones and
teens access to smartphones.
Social media platforms, group
texting, YouTube, and always
being “ON” has really changed
how our youth cope and
problem solve, let alone what
all this “ON” time does to one’s
self esteem. Jeff’s Theory on
Teen Suicide coupled with the
growing teen suicide epidemic
and it becomes clear that
mental illness is a recipe for
disaster that threatens to put
the already overburdened
healthcare system on its ear.
