Posted 3 months ago
Advocacy groups aim to reduce stigma of discussing suicide
By Angela Cowan, MSW, LICSW • JFCS Counseling Manager
September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Thoughts of suicide can impact anyone, regardless of age, race, socio-economic background, gender identity, sexual o[...] Posted 1 year ago
By Jill Kozberg • JFCS Mental Health and Senior Services Director
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. This is a critical topic for all of us to know about, think about, and talk about. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), suicide affects people of all ages and is co[...] Posted 2 years ago
September is so many things—back to school, High Holidays, end of summer, and for most of us, signals transition. We seem to feel the change from summer to fall more profoundly than the transition to other seasons. Perhaps that’s because in Minnesota, we treasure our warm weather so dearly, kno[...] Posted 3 years ago
But it’s still important – possibly even more important
By Mark Kaufman, MSW, LICSW • JFCS Counselor
September is National Suicide Awareness Prevention Month. One year ago, I wrote about how hard it can be to ask someone if they are thinking about suicide and called attention to the[...] Posted 4 years ago
September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
By Mark Kaufman • JFCS Counselor
September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), someone dies by suicide every 40 seconds. That is a scary statistic, but for[...] 