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STOPit App Expands to Community

May 25, 2021
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| Mental Health, Resource Directory, Substance Abuse, Suicide Prevention, Teen Suicide

Submitted by Kate Nichols As Mental Health Awareness Month draws to an end, it is important to remember that mental health issues impact the lives of many of our community members every day of the year. Wayne County Family Connection, in partnership with Wayne Memorial Hospital and Rayonier Advanced Materials, is excited to share a new community-wide reporting tool that will connect individuals who have concerns regarding mental health problems and substance use disorders with local and regional resources that can help. STOPit Solutions is a leading technology company that promotes public and personal safety by providing anonymous reporting systems…

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BeThe1To Campaign Recap

October 21, 2020
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| Mental Health, Suicide Prevention, Teen Suicide

The BeThe1To campaign offers awareness of how you can help people through their struggles of everyday life. The following images are for Wayne County Family Connection’s social media pages. You can view them and read the 5 Steps of the BeThe1To campaign on the Articles tab of our website. Our community can help one another with asking their friends and families about their mental health when they see them struggling: Show someone in your life how much you care for them and that you’re glad they’re in your life: Keep our community safe by knowing about the resources available to…

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Wayne County Schools educate students on suicide awareness

October 1, 2020
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| Mental Health, Suicide Prevention, Teen Suicide

115 Columbia Suicide Rating Scales were completed on students who were referred to the Counseling Department this past school year. As a result of the rating scale evaluations, 31 students were hospitalized for further evaluation. Over 150 students were referred to outside counseling services for ongoing treatment.  As we near the end of September, Wayne County High School Crisis Counselor, JoAnne Roach, and School Psychologist, Kori LeFree, created a way for students to get involved and learn more about Suicide Prevention month.  With the recent pandemic, mental health conditions continue to rise in this unprecedented time. They saw this as the perfect opportunity to…

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Student sees need for suicide prevention

March 3, 2020
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| Mental Health, Teen Suicide

By Lana Wright (Editor’s note: Lana Wright is the executive director of Wayne County Family Connection.) The following excerpt is from an essay is submitted by a 10th-grade student at Wayne County High School to bring awareness to a current social problem we have in our community: mental health. The essay is heart-wrenching but at the same time provides a valuable insight to what some of our students are feeling. Wayne County Family Connection’s Strategic Plan for Fiscal Year 2020 includes a goal of combating the current mental health issues within our community.  As you read this essay, please be…

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