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Podcast: UCLA Public Mental Health Partnership
Episode: Child and Adolescent Suicide Assessment and Prevention
Description: Presented by Danielle Farmer, MSEd, LCSW. WARNING: This video contains discussions about suicide and may be triggering for some individuals. Numerous studies have highlighted a concerning surge in the mental health challenges facing youth in recent years. As part of this growing concern, rates of suicide risk and completed suicides in children and adolescents have also increased. As of 2020, suicide was the second leading cause of death for youth ages 10-14 and the third leading cause of death for youth ages 15-24 (CDC, 2020). It is vital that providers working with children and adolescents are equipped with tools for assessing...