North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, a not-for-profit children’s mental health agency whose social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists and counselors provide extensive services to residents of Nassau County, Long Island. Source: Let Them Go, Let Them Grow: The Latina Girls Project | LifeLines
Image source: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/d9/f7/68/d9f76841c5640b97f93fd95d62eabb43.jpg An alarmingly high number of Latina teens are attempting suicide and the number continues to increase. Latina teens report some of the highest rates of depression, attributed to their family relationships, lifestyle expectations and bi-cultural differences. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one out of every seven Latina […]
The Life Is Precious program is working to drive down suicides among young Latino women in New York 62 Tweet email Life is Precious founder, Dr. Rosa María Gil, (c., in red) Councilmember Julissa Ferreras (l., with scissors) and staff, parents and students at ribbon-cutting ceremonies at the suicide prevention program’s new Queens facility in […]