OPENING UP ABOUT SUICIDE

Youth push for more discussion on taboo topic By MARTHA IRVINE Associated Press Bryce Mackie, a Chicago college student, waits as his film "Eternal High" plays for a group of mental health providers in Wooster, Ohio. He made the film, about his experience with bipolar disorder and suicidal thoughts, in high school. 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 about 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 youth 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.... [read full story]                    

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