Mental Health: Suicide Prevention

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The assignments that have activities are in red.

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INVISIBLE ILLNESS

Watch the Ted-X Video:  
​The Invisible Illness 19:49 

Discussion or Writing Reflection  

1. In the video, The Invisible Illness, the speaker gives a specific compare/contrast example of how his family was treated when his mother had cancer and how they were treated when his younger brother suffered from mental illness. What do you think motivated the friends to judge the family to treat them differently?​ 
2. Have you personally observed a difference in the way a person is treated when the illness is physical rather than emotional/psychological? 
3. What is your opinion of mental health clubs on campus?

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Suicide Prevention
Read the articles on preventing suicide.

PREVENTION

PARENT'S GUIDE

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Suicide Survivors

The Bridge

Watch the video:
 The Bridge Between Suicide and Life 14:13

Discussion or Writing Reflection

1.  What information surprised you most from the video?

2.  How does suicide impact the person trying to prevent it?
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3.  Did the speaker, Kevin Briggs, present any useful information? ​

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To Lose Someone

Watch what it's like to lose someone. 
4 min. 34 sec. video: 

DISCUSSION OR WRITING REFLECTION:

​1. Peta, the first speaker, said she is not ashamed – she is grief stricken.

2. What is the difference between shame and grief?

​3. Why would she feel shame?
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​Consider the videos by Dr. Brené Brown. 
4. What was the physical and emotional responses that the survivors experience and what did  they learn? 

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3 min. peaceful music

Anderson Cooper

DISCUSSION OR WRITING REFLECTION: ​
​Anderson Cooper’s brother committed suicide.
​How did it impact Anderson Cooper and his views on life? ​

SUICIDE STATISTICS

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Photo: Cathy Kaplan. Golden Gate Bridge, Joakim Syversen
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