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They hope more open discussions, including ones online, will encourage distressed peers to seek help. By Martha Irvine The Associated Press CHICAGO — The topic of suicide makes many people squirm. It's something we've been told we're not supposed to talk about. If you speak it, someone might do it. But there's a growing conversation about suicide that's happening on college campuses, in high school auditoriums and online — even among youths some might think are too young to consider suicide. The hope is that a public discussion between young people and the teachers and counselors who work with them could inspire peers in distress to get help. "Have that talk" "It's kind of like the sex talk with your children. I think that we should have that talk," said Brittany Langstaff, a 14-year- old ninth-grader in Georgetown, Ontario.... [read full story]
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