Invigorating Others
"Improving the culture of community support one group at a time."
07/31/19
Hearing the unsettling news of her daughter’s thoughts of suicide, Yolanda Dupree battled deep depression. This Mother-of-the-Year, warred against the inner chatter that says, “you failed as a mother.” She had to learn how to parent her daughter again.
Suicide deaths represent only a fraction of the toll that suicidal behavior takes among America’s youth. Data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)* revealed that in the 12 months preceding the survey:
• 1 out of every 53 high school students (1.9 percent) reported having made a suicide attempt that
was serious enough to be treated by a doctor or a nurse. This included 1 out of every 43 (2.3
percent) female students and 1 out of every 62 (1.6 percent) male students.
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