Suicide Prevention as Social Change: From Crisis to Global Impact

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How Suicide Prevention Can Become a Practice of Social Change

At 11:30 on a Monday morning, police were called to a public arts high school in Rochester, New York, after reports of a suicidal student. Before officers arrived, a 15-year-old girl fell from an elevated position. She was rushed to the hospital and died later that night.

By afternoon, familiar responses were already in motion...