Prevent Teen Suicide: How to Talk With Your Teen After a Peer’s Suicide or Death at Their School

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Therapy in a Nutshell -Emma McAdam

Mental Health, Education, Health & Fitness:mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 23 June 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Preventing teen suicide is important, but youth are at higher risk for suicide when there have been recent suicides in their community, especially if they have a history of depression, self-harm, or suicidal thoughts. Learn how you can talk to your child about suicide after the suicide of a peer. If you believe your child is at risk for suicide, reach out for professional support immediately. You can contact a licensed therapist or take your child to the hospital or call 911. Thanks to BetterHelp for sponsoring the video. BetterHelp: Professional, affordable online counseling starting at around $65 a week: https://www.betterhelp.com/therapyinanutshell Learn more in one of my in-depth mental health courses: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=06232020 Support my mission on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/therapyinanutshell Sign up for my newsletter: https://www.therapyinanutshell.com?utm_medium=YTDescription&utm_source=podcast Check out my favorite self-help books: https://kit.co/TherapyinaNutshell/best-self-help-books Therapy in a Nutshell, LLC, and the information provided by Emma McAdam are solely intended for informational and entertainment purposes and are not a substitute for advice, diagnosis, or treatment regarding medical or mental health conditions. Although Emma McAdam is a licensed marriage and family therapist, the views expressed on this site or any related content should not be taken for medical or psychiatric advice. Always consult your physician before making any decisions related to your physical or mental health. In therapy I use a combination of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Systems Theory, positive psychology, and a bio-psycho-social approach to treating mental illness and other challenges we all face in life. The ideas from my videos are frequently adapted from multiple sources. Many of them come from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, especially the work of Steven Hayes, Jason Luoma, and Russ Harris. The sections on stress and the mind-body connection derive from the work of Stephen Porges (the Polyvagal theory), Peter Levine (Somatic Experiencing) Francine Shapiro (EMDR), and Bessel Van Der Kolk. I also rely heavily on the work of the Arbinger institute for my overall understanding of our ability to choose our life's direction. And deeper than all of that, the Gospel of Jesus Christ orients my personal worldview and sense of security, peace, hope, and love https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist/believe If you are in crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or your local emergency services. Copyright Therapy in a Nutshell, LLC Music licensed from www.Bensound.com or Artlist.io Images from Freepik.com (premium license), Pixabay, or Wikimedia commons

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to therapy in a nutshell. I'm Emma McAdam, a licensed marriage and family
0:17.3	therapist, and this is the podcast where I condense mental health skills
0:21.9	into bite-sized nuggets of help. If you're ready to learn more in-depth mental health skills,
0:32.7	check out my online courses on anxiety, coping skills, and how to change your brain.
0:38.3	10 alternatives to medication to improve mental health.
0:41.3	The link is in the description.
0:43.0	You can use the code Nutshell for 25% off.
0:50.3	Hi everyone, Emma McAdam here.
0:53.5	I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist and today we are going to talk about something that I wish we didn't have to talk about.
1:00.0	But, you know, recently in my local school, one of the kids took their own lives.
1:07.0	And I have seen this happening in schools all throughout my state.
1:11.6	And I think it's really important that parents know how to talk with their teenager about a classmate's suicide.
1:16.6	And one of the reasons this is really important is because after someone in their community commits suicide,
1:23.6	it makes all the teens at higher risk of depression and anxiety, but also of suicide.
1:31.3	So it's really important that parents know how to talk with their kids and that they have those conversations.
1:38.3	Now, as we talk about this, I'm going to give some general guidelines.
1:41.3	You as a parent, you're going to know your teen better than I do.
1:45.5	So please, you know, pay attention to what they need, where they're at. But I'm going to give
1:50.5	some general tips and pointers for things that you might want to talk about. So this video is
1:56.2	about suicide prevention. This is a really serious topic and this video is not meant to
2:01.4	replace professional advice so please work with a therapist a doctor or other
2:06.0	mental health provider because this video is intended to be educational and
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