Teens in more control during school-based suicide prevention

After a school-based prevention program, European teenagers were about half as likely to attempt suicide or to feel suicidal, a new study shows. Dr. Danuta Wasserman, a professor of psychiatry at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, said the program was likely successful because students “felt that the power of mastering their feelings, coping with stress and choosing solutions was in their hands and not decided or forced by adults.”

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