79: What Do Parents Need to Know about Suicide?

Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Raising Tweens & Teens

Dr. Lisa Damour/Reena Ninan

Mental Health, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, Parenting

4.7 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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What causes a child or teenager to become suicidal? What steps can be taken to prevent suicide? Dr. Jonathan B. Singer co-author of Suicide in Schools: A Practitioner's Guide to Multi-level Prevention, Assessment, Intervention, and Postvention joins the Ask Lisa podcast to answer questions from parents. Dr. Lisa and Reena ask about warning signs, whether peers can promote suicidal thoughts, when to be concerned about possible suicidality, and what to do. Additional resources: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention The Jed Foundation Crisis Text Line National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn @AskLisaPodcast, @LDamour, @ReenaNinan Checkout Dr. Lisa’s website for more resources: Ask Lisa is produced by: Good Trouble Productions See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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0:00.0	This is Ask Lisa, a podcast to help people understand the psychology of parenting.
0:10.6	Psychologist Dr. Lisa DeMore, author of two New York Times best-selling parenting books, takes
0:15.9	your questions.
0:17.3	And I'm co-host, Rina Ninan, a journalist and mom of two.
0:21.4	Some of what we talk about comes from raising children ourselves.
0:24.9	Most of the time, I'll be getting answers to your parenting questions.
0:28.8	So send your questions to Ask Lisa at Dr.Lisademore.com.
0:34.1	Episode 79, what do parents need to know about suicide?
0:42.9	Thank you. Episode 79, what do parents need to know about suicide? I want to warn our regular listeners and everyone tuning in,
0:46.1	we're going to have a very honest and tough conversation about suicide.
0:50.9	We're joined by an incredible expert.
0:52.5	Lisa, I know you were so excited to have him on,
0:55.0	Dr. Jonathan B. Singer, who's co-author of Suicide in Schools. Yes, I am thrilled to have
1:00.8	Dr. Singer joining us today. We will have a very direct conversation. And I want our listeners
1:05.9	to know right away about two resources that you may need right now, and you should know about them immediately.
1:12.0	There are crisis text lines that you can reach. If there's a concern about suicide, you can find
1:16.0	them just by searching online. There's also the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which you
1:22.3	can again find by searching online, but the number starting in July will be 9-88. That's great. Just a little more about
1:29.5	Dr. Jonathan Singer. He's written about the news media's reporting on suicide deaths of Kate Spade
1:35.2	and Anthony Bourdain. He's on several national youth advisory boards, including Sandy Hook
1:39.8	Promise, Jed Foundation, Suicide Prevention Resource Center, and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
1:46.4	He's also an associate professor of social work at Loyola University, Chicago, and the founder
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