Updated September 6, 2007
Author: Carol Midgley
Source: Times Online
Date: 6/26/2007
Teenage depression has doubled in the past decade, eating disorders affect one girl in eight, self-harm, binge drinking and unhappy sexual experiences stalk even the average teenage girl...(more)
Author: Madeleine Brindley, Western Mail
Source: Wales, UK
Date: 5/7/2007
One in five children with parents who have suffered depression will become depressed during their teenage years, research has found...(more)
Author: Jennifer Hinkle
Source: Daily Advocate, OH
Date: 4/29/2007
Though a typical case of teen depression may often be accused of this incorrect label, many may have misunderstood the warning signs of another teen runaway...(more)
Author: Carey Goldberg
Source: Boston Globe
Date: 6/26/2007
The findings raise the prospect that drugs with similar effects might someday help restore brain function in human children with the syndrome, and possibly with some forms of autism as well, said Susumu Tonegawa, the senior author of the paper in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...(more)
Author: Dr. Laurence Miller
Source: policeone.com
Date: 6/15/2007
In recent years, the training program has expanded to close to a dozen other police agencies across the state. At no charge, the two advocates try to teach officers how best to inform someone that a loved one has died...(more)
Source: Associated Press
Date: 6/10/2007
When a military service member dies on active duty, that death sets into motion an intricate process that reaches its climax at the tradition-steeped ritual of a military burial...(more)
Author: John Henley Jr.
Source: Morning News, Northern Arkansas
Date: 5/28/2007
The sergeant who came to the Berrys' house to notify them of Steven Berry's death had never done a death notification before, Bill Berry said...(more)
Author: Tom Ford
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN
Date: 5/16/2007
In recent years, the training program has expanded to close to a dozen other police agencies across the state. At no charge, the two advocates try to teach officers how best to inform someone that a loved one has died...(more)
Author: Jana Shortal,
Source: KARE 11 News, MN
Date: 5/15/2007
It is technically called death notification. A state trooper has to do it countless times in a career and it could very well be the most difficult part of the job. "Everything is unexpected, every death notification is different," Rauenhort says....(more)
Author: Joy Mapaye
Source: KTUU.com, AK
Date: 5/13/2007
The first step in the military notification process when a soldier has been wounded or killed is notifying next of kin...(more)
Author: Karen Goulart
Source: The Patriot Ledger, MA
Date: 4/28/2007
Sgt. Zachary Potrykus of Kingston has delivered about a dozen death notifications. Telling someone a family member has died never gets easier, says Potrykus. (more)
Author: Staff Report
Source: Army Times
Date: 5/3/2007
Families of Marines killed in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan will no longer get the dreaded knock at the door during the middle of the night...(more)
Source: Indianapolis Star
Date: 1-3-06
Celebrating Christmas for the first time since her oldest son, Army Pvt. Cory R. Depew, was killed in iraq dredged up so much pain Ann May couldn't stay in her home...(more)
Source: Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Date: 1-1-06
The emotional task requires mixing compassion with professionalism and staying grounded for the family, they say...(more)
Source: Newsday
Date: 12-31-05
A candlelight vigil Friday honoring Long island military personnel who have died in both iraq and Afghanistan wasn't fancy - no one sang a solo, political speeches were nil and names weren't called....(more)
Source: Army Times
Date: 12-13-05
An estimated 1.9 million kids have a mom or dad in uniform...(more)
Source: Minnesota Public Radio
Date: 12-05-05
It's not always easy to find help. That's what Sharon Miners realized when her son, Tim, was deployed to iraq with the Marines in 2003....(more)
Source: Rocky Mountain News
Date: 12-05-05
If you have a relative in the military, receiving the news that your loved one was killed in action is one of the toughest things you'll ever hear, and it's not just tough for the family...(more)
Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press
Date: 12-04-05
As they prepare for Christmas with their loved ones off at war, the tragic news reminds them even more of the uncertainty that battle brings.....(more)
Source: Des Moines Register
Date: 11-21-05
A new report says law enforcement agencies should find a better way to identify fatal accident victims to be able to make more timely death notifications to family...(more)
Author: Michael Cabanatuan
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Date: 6/13/2007
Last month, bridge district officials announced that lab tests found that a suicide barrier could be built on the bridge without compromising its safety, although to cut wind stress the bridge would need structural additions...(more)
Author: Mark Prado
Source: Marin Independent Journal
Date: 6/13/2007
In a small, bunkerlike room north of Monterey, Jon Raggett stands next to a suspended model representing a middle section of the Golden Gate Bridge with a suicide barrier attached to its sides. He switches on a red fan...(more)
Author: Robert I. Simon, M.D.
Source: American Journal of Psychiatry
Date: 4/2007
A number of people walked by him, oblivious to his anguish, unaware of his life-and-death struggle. Mr. Hines told us that "If someone had smiled and said, ‘Are you okay?’ I know I would have begged them to help me. I would have told them everything and asked for help. I would not have jumped. I just was unable to ask for help myself."...(more)