
Hold On: How to Support our Teens' Mental Health
Death, Sex & Money
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How to Identify Teens That Are Suffering
Julie from Blackwood, New Jersey: My son struggled with depression for many years. In specifically identifying kids that are struggling, I was shown a copy of an essay he wrote in college after his death by a friend of his. Some kids that are really struggling and have trouble opening up verbally will open up in written format. Even a friend of mine who teaches, notice something that a student wrote on their arm. Or like they wrote something in a journal, another student, that alarmed them that the kid really needed help.
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