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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am so sorry for OP’s daughter to be so close to these suicide deaths of her peers. She should know that she is far from alone.

Suicide is the #2 leading cause of death for college students. Approximately 1,100 suicides on college campuses per year. 25% know of someone who has died as a result of suicide. 40% know of someone who has attempted.

It is well known that mental health for students has declined rapidly since the pandemic. I agree with PPs that we need to encourage healthy conversation around this  -without violating privacy of individual grieving families.

[b]Here is an example of the info that U Michigan provides - [/b]

“If you or someone you know is in immediate danger because of thoughts of suicide, there is help for you.  Do not hesitate to call.  Please reach out for help.
	•	Call 911

•	Call 734.996.4747 (tel:734.996.4747) (UM Psychiatric Emergency Services)
If you are not in immediate danger, but need someone to talk with right now, please call one of the following 24/7, 365 days/year, resources:
Campus 24-Hour Services:

•	CAPS After Hours (https://caps.umich.edu/article/caps-after-hours-urgent-support):  734.764.8312 (tel:734.764.8312) (Press 0)

•	UM Psychiatric Emergency Services (http://www.psych.med.umich.edu/patient-care/psychiatric-emergency-service/):  734.996.4747 (tel:734.996.4747
)
	•	UM Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness (http://sapac.umich.edu/):  734.936.3333 (tel:734.936.3333)
	•	(http://www.dpss.umich.edu/)epartment of Public Safety and Security (http://dpss.umich.edu/):  734.763.1131 (tel:734.763.1131)

•	Dean of Students: (https://deanofstudents.umich.edu/)  734.764.7420 (tel:734.764.7420)
National 24-Hour Hotlines:
	•	988 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/)  
	◦	All calls: main number
	◦	Military Veterans: press 1
	◦	Spanish speaking: press 2
	•	The Trevor Lifeline (http://www.thetrevorproject.org/): 1.866.488.7386 (tel:1.866.488.7386)

◦	Trevor provides suicide prevention and crisis intervention to LGBTQ young people ages 13-24. TrevorChat is available 7 days a week 2:00 pm
-8:00 pm CST. 
	◦	
TrevorText is available Fridays 3:00 pm-7:00 pm CST. Text the word “Trevor” to 
1.202.304.1200 (tel:1.202.304.1200)
		
Veterans Crisis Line (http://www.veteranscrisisline.net/)
: 
1.800.273.8255 (tel:1.800.273.8255)
 and Press 1
 	◦	
The Veterans Crisis Line connects Veterans in crisis and their families and friends with qualified, caring, Department of Veterans Affairs responders through a confidential toll-free hotline, online chat, or text. Access chat 
HERE (http://www.veteranscrisisline.net/)
.
You may also send a 
text to 838255
•	
Crisis Text Line (https://www.crisistextline.org/)
:  
741741”

[b]In contrast, Here is the relevant link for U Maryland[/b] .

https://health.maryland.gov/bha/suicideprevention/Pages/home.aspx

Suicide Prevention
The Office of Suicide Prevention does not provide counseling, crisis or emergency care. If you need to talk, contact 988 (https://health.maryland.gov/bha/Pages/988md.aspx). For immediate help, call 911.

Maryland Department of Health’s Suicide Prevention Office strives to build comprehensive, systemic support to reduce deaths by suicide and suicide attempts throughout the state of Maryland. Through technical assistance, training, and resources, the office develops and sustains integrated, multi-faceted, diverse supports that tar get needs across all jurisdictions and populations.

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In my opinion, the U Maryland suicide prevention services are not communicated in a sufficiently empathetic way that would encourage students experiencing mental health Cristi to feel comfortable to reach out. They even emphasize they don’t provide such services. The suicide prevention info for U Maryland sounds detached and generic. The actual staff involved may be amazing but they need to message suicide prevention way  better and get someone with higher EQ writing the relevant student info.[/quote]

I'm not sure where you are pulling the UMD information from but do know that internally students, staff and faculty are provided more indepth information on how to care for yourself and others. [/quote]

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