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By John MacPhee As we enter 2026, young people are growing up in systems that are fragmenting, automating, and, in some cases, withdrawing human care.
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March 6, 2026
Newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers a measure of hope: Although suicide rates were largely stable...
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February 27, 2026
In 2021, when Julian died at age 32, his family chose to speak openly about the fact that Julian died by suicide. His...
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February 2, 2026
By John MacPhee As we enter 2026, young people are growing up in systems that are fragmenting, automating, and, in some cases, withdrawing...
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December 16, 2025
The first item in their new house was a brown little army guy that Joey placed on top of a motion detector to...
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December 9, 2025
The places young people go every day are where suicide prevention needs to be strongest — schools, campuses, afterschool programs, and community organizations....
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November 24, 2025
The American Psychological Association’s new APA Health Advisory on the Use of Generative AI Chatbots and Wellness Applications for Mental Health offers one...
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November 14, 2025
When Stanford soccer player Katie Meyer died by suicide in 2022, 14 year old Charlotte Rosario was heartbroken. But what stayed with her...
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November 14, 2025
Chryss felt her chest tighten. Watching her oldest daughter walk through the double doors at her high school for the very first time,...
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November 13, 2025
A couple of times a year, the Bernstein family gets together to watch Jason’s old films. “He made over 100 home movies when...
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November 13, 2025
Kyle’s parents would never have guessed he was thinking about suicide. Yes, he’d been diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder at 9 years old,...
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November 12, 2025
By Rohan Satija, The Jed Foundation Youth Advocacy Coalition Texas Fellow ’25 Growing up in Auckland, New Zealand, my childhood was characterized by...
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November 12, 2025
By Juan Garcia, The Jed Foundation Youth Advocacy Coalition Texas Fellow ’25 For years, I felt that I was trapped by my mental...
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