“So the first goal is to prevent mortality, to keep people alive so that we can help them improve their quality of life and offer hope and help keep them on the planet.” — Nancy Dauphinais, chief operating officer at David Lawrence Centers for Behavioral Health, Naples
The mental health crisis among children is real, critical and growing, with national, state and local mental health experts grappling to find answers.
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among children between the ages of 10 – 14 and the third leading cause of death among children between the ages of 15 – 24, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…