Suicide Statistics
October 22, 2012
A fact-sheet of both national and international statistics relating to suicide
Resources for PTSD & Mental Health, Children & Youth
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What 'Precious' Means for Clinicians
February 26, 2010
The 82nd annual Academy Awards are coming up on March 7, and one of the films in the running, nominated for six Oscars, is "Precious." It's the story of a 16-year-old African-American girl living in Harlem who suffers physical, sexual and emotional abuse and is pregnant by her own father. It's the first film directed by an African-American to ever be nominated for best picture. It's also the first film in a long time to bring the issue of child sexual abuse to the forefront of the Academy Awards ceremony and the American imagination.
The Effects of Community Violence on Children and Adolescents
March 30, 2009
A National Center for PTSD Fact Sheet. A summary of the specific effects of community violence on children and adolescents.
Childhood Traumatic Grief: Educational Materials [PDF]
March 30, 2009
The NCTSN has published recommendations for journalists who cover childhood trauma.
Terrorist Attacks and Children
March 30, 2009
A summary of research involving children's responses to terrorism and strategies for helping them recover.
Covering Children and Trauma
February 4, 2009 by Ruth Teichroeb
When children are victims of violence, journalists have a responsibility to report the truth with compassion and sensitivity.
Lethal Impulse
March 3, 2006 by Jeremy Olson, Erin Grace
Each teen suicide is a puzzle with pieces missing. Gone is the only person who might know the exact reasons. But taken together, these deaths reveal much about the social forces contributing to teen suicide. Originally published in the Omaha World-Herald in May, 2005.
Children and Media Coverage of Trauma
March 1, 2006 by Elana Newman
An overview of current research on the short- and long-term impacts of media coverage of tragedy on children, as well as aggravating risk factors and suggestions for future research.
Even Without Malice, Errors Still Hurt
June 11, 2004 by Jenny Wishart
Reporters may have felt they didn’t want to intrude, but far from a closed and hushed house between Sheona’s death and her funeral, it was literally an open house.
The Joseph Palczynski Story
February 12, 2001 by Linell Smith, Marego Athans, Ann LoLordo, Patricia Meisol, Doug Kapustin, Joannah Hill
A two-part series from The Baltimore Sun on the lives of six women serially victimized by one man's extremes of physical and psychological abuse.