Murfreesboro, TN – As September winds down and National Suicide Prevention Month draws to a close, care teams at Vanderbilt’s Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital are sounding the alarm on a growing mental health crisis among Tennessee’s youth. The numbers are sobering, and the message is clear: it’s time to talk, listen, and act.
As September is Suicide Prevention Month, care teams at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt are raising awareness around an urgent mental health concern affecting Tennessee youth.
Amid a backdrop of increasing suicide-related emergency department visits among youth across the state, Monroe Carell experts are informing parents and caregivers about signs of distress to look for in children and adolescents…