There are 3 article(s) tagged suicide prevention:

• October 2025

  • Fewer Memphis students are showing up to mental health assemblies. This state law may be to blame.

    MSCS Mental Health Director Donna Goings said attendance at suicide and bullying prevention trainings fell by two-thirds last year. That’s because most students don’t return parent permission slips required by a 2024 state law.

    By Bri Hatch October 26, 2025

• October 2024

  • Memphians will walk ‘Out of the Darkness’ for suicide prevention

    “This year we want people to join us in walking to create a world without suicide,” said Robert Gebbia, CEO of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

    By Aisling Mäki October 17, 2024

• July 2020

  • Counselor gives Rotarians tools for self-care as coronavirus adds stress

    The pandemic is now layered onto the everyday statistics of depression and suicide, which counselor Grace McLaren called a dangerous brew.

    By Toni Lepeska July 15, 2020