The Rural Monitor
Articles by Topic: Suicide and suicide prevention

Together We Can Be Bully Free: CAH and Law Enforcement Address Peer Victimization through School-Based Program

July 25, 2018
The connection between bullying and youth suicide in rural Union Parish, Louisiana, led a Critical Access Hospital to create an anti-bullying program. Together with local law enforcement, they teach students in elementary through high school the negative effects of peer victimization and how to model positive social behavior.

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Online Screening Helps Michigan Men Gauge Mental Health

June 28, 2017
For the past few decades, suicide rates for working-aged men have been at a steep incline. Healthy Men Michigan is a unique campaign that evaluates the risk of depression and suicide in Michigan men through an anonymous online survey. Male-dominated industries and other organizations are drawn to the campaign's creative methods that appeal to working-aged men.

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