TIME (6/24, Adams) reports on the difficulties of responding to teens who have had “a suicide attempt or suicidal ideation” and have been hospitalized, stating “that where hospitalization provides effective crisis management in such situations, keeping young people safe back at home is a challenge that modern medicine has so far failed to solve.” TIME adds that some University of Michigan researchers have “been working with a simple yet powerful tool that just might help: recruiting three or four familiar adults — not just the young person’s parents — who pledge ongoing support through recovery.” They also offer training to the parents and the others “to encourage their struggling charges to stick to the treatment plan.” In a study of the results, “those who received the attention of trained adults in their lives were nearly seven times less likely to die than teens who received only standard care.”
Related Links:
— “New Research Is Focusing on Treating Teens’ Suicidal Thoughts With Support of Friends, Family, “Jill U. Adams, TIME, June 24, 2019