In Connecticut the suicide rate among young people nearly doubled in a single year. Meanwhile, a New York task force is recommending intervention in communities – young black, Latina and LGBT – that are at high risk of suicide. And nationwide the rates continue to climb. We’ll discuss what’s causing the crisis, and what can be done to curb it, with guests:
- Gillian Anderson, founder and board chair, My Friend Abby
- Valerie Lepoutre, young adult program coordinator, National Alliance on Mental Illness - Connecticut
- Steve Simpson, former head, Together We Can Make It, and author, The Teenage and Young Adult Survival Handbook
- Keith Scott, director of education, The Safe Center