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Panel discusses teen mental health, stress and suicide

Original post made on Sep 17, 2015

More than 350 people gathered Monday night to hear a panel talk about topics that make many uncomfortable: the mental health of our children, the stress they are under, and what can be done to improve the former, relieve the latter, and ultimately, combat teen suicides.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, September 17, 2015, 11:09 AM

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Posted by Sarah1000
a resident of another community
on Sep 17, 2015 at 12:44 pm

As Dr. Adelshiem mentions, we do have a mental health crisis in this community when it comes to mental health services for our youth. We have zero inpatient mental health services for youth in the entire county: no beds at Stanford/LPCH, no beds at El Camino, no beds at Good Sam, no beds at Valley Med etc. What does it say about us as a community that we send our children "away" at a time they need us the most?
A group of us are working together to change that. We would love your help. We are the SELPA 1 CAC subcommittee on mental health. Google "SELPA 1 CAC" for contact info.
Thanks.


Posted by fcservices
a resident of another community
on Sep 17, 2015 at 2:49 pm

Thank you for covering this event and capturing so much of the discussion here. When we read about the event, it was already sold-out and this article is helpful.


Posted by OldMV
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Sep 17, 2015 at 4:27 pm

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