Suicide prevention messages are top priority for UW’s Forefront

Kim Eckart — Thu, 11 May 2017 15:43:03 +0000

�� advocates for suicide prevention were busy pushing for legislation in Olympia, working on programs with more than a dozen local high schools and organizing the fourth annual Husky Help & Hope walk when an online TV show about suicide suddenly captivated a teenage audience. To the staff of UW-based Forefront: Innovations in Suicide Prevention and the student volunteers with Huskies for Suicide Prevention and Awareness (HSPA), the Netflix series “13 Reasons Why” portrays suicide in exactly the...

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Shira Rosen – UW News

Suicide prevention messages are top priority for UW’s Forefront