November 13, 2018
By: Lisa Stark
Source: PBS
The statistics are sobering: according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide is now the second-leading cause of death for ages 10 to 18, and the number of teens reporting feeling sad, hopeless or suicidal has risen. But experts say suicide is preventable. Special correspondent Lisa Stark of Education Week reports on how one Virginia high school is confronting the problem.
Judy Woodruff:
But now, suicide is now the second leading cause of death among people aged 10 to 18. That’s according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
How to tackle this problem? The research points to schools.
Special correspondent Lisa Stark of our partner Education Week visited a high school in Virginia to see if their approach of teaching mental health can work.
It’s part of our ongoing education series, “Making the Grade.”
Colleen Hurley:
Depression is a treatable illness. True or false?