I like Judy's question-we've been using Risk and Protective factor framework, how does the ACE research fit into and support our existing frameworks that helped establish our networks?

If we are to accept that ACE's are primary causal, how do developmental assets figure into the equation?

Hi

I think the assignment was to send in my idea for a review question.

I do have one( kind of a long one) that was inspired by something Laura
Porter said to me in Pasco after the session on the research. She said
that she thought my background in disability issues could be helpful in
thinking about the research and it's implications.

So my question:

How would community systems and efforts be different...

Any way here is my guiding question and a link to an interesting discussion I heard about correlation between depression and heart disease:  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5724348

 

 

Question #1:

 

If we determine that higher numbers of ACE’s correspond to higher rates of suicides, then now do we

a)      Notice those kids with...

How much and  what kind of attention are teachers, pediatricians, guidance counselors and others influencing children paying to A C E's in their daily work?

I was in the process of attempting to organize all the resource information that has been collecting in the Network office, when I came upon a copy of the 1995 Department of Health Youth Suicide Prevention Plan for Washington State.  It was fascinating to discover all the work that was put into this study.  Then it occurred to me that maybe looking at this work 10 years later might be interesting. ...

At the last review meeting, there was a request to provide some additional data and it is now attached.  At the bottom of the each spread sheet you will see sub-sets that reflect data from all of Washington State and then King and Pierce Counties.  Hope this is clear and useful.  Sue ((see Statistics under Documents on left side of home page))

Suicide-Risk Tests for Teens Debated

By Shankar Vedantam
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 16, 2006; Page A03

A growing number of U.S. schools are screening teenagers for suicidal tendencies or signs of mental illness, triggering a debate between those who seek to reduce the toll of youthful suicides and others who say the tests are unreliable and intrude on family privacy.

The trend is being...

Study group: click on Martin Teisher, Vincent Felitti and injury/attempts rates documents.

Comment in the discussion board. What did you learn that you didn't expect?

Click on James Mazza link on right for Mazza's published papers on suicide.