Articles
Signs aim to break silence on suicide and help save lives
BY GARRY LENTON
The Harrisburg Patriot-News
1/21/08
The message on the billboard off northbound Interstate 83 is simple and grim: Suicide kills more people than homicide and HIV/AIDS combined.
It's part of a $25,000 public awareness campaign that the sponsor hopes will focus more attention on a condition that quietly claims...è Read More
Suicide Prevention and Mental Health
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PENNSYLVANIA
State Legislation and Policy Update, FY2008:
Suicide Prevention and Mental Health
Bill# SR 48
Summary
A Resolution recognizing youth mental illness and suicide as a public
health crisis and encouraging evidence-based initiatives to screen children
and adolescents for mental disorders in order to identify illness and
prevent suicide among youths.
Sponsors Jane Clare Orie, Jay Costa, Lisa Boscola, Raphael Musto,
Edwin Erickson, Stewart Greenleaf, John Pippy, Shirley Kitchen, Connie
Williams, Mike Stack, Christine Tartaglione and John Rafferty
Status Introduced on 03/12/07.
Bill# SCR 204
Summary
A Resolution directing the Joint State Government Commission to
establish a task force to enlist the help of knowledgeable persons to
develop educational materials to identify elderly persons at risk for
suicide and to identify barriers and ways to surmount barriers encountered
by professionals and nonprofessionals in connecting at-risk persons with
appropriate resources..
Sponsors Jane Clare Orie, Jay Costa, Lisa Boscola, Edwin Erickson,
Connie Williams, Mike Stack, LeAnna Washington, James Rhoades, Patrick
Browne, John Wozniak and John Rafferty
Status Introduced on 11/02/07.
Source: Suicide Prevention Network USA,
November 30, 2007
