Foundation urges students to watch suicide signs
The Daily Advertiser
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Amanda Bedgood
The freshman class of Acadiana High School learned how to help a friend contemplating suicide Wednesday with a lesson from the Jacob Crouch Foundation.
Crouch, a 24-year-old UL student, committed suicide in December 2005. His friends and aunt spoke to students Wednesday about the warning signs of depression and suicidal thoughts and how to reach out to people that are hurting.
"Listening, listening, listening is the key," Josh Landry, Crouch's friend and old roommate, told the group.
He explained to students that a friend seeming down about something as simple as missing out on being on the softball team could be dealing with bigger issues. He told them to dig deeper and then find an adult that the person can talk to.
Claudia B. Laws/claws@theadvertiser.com
Denise Sadler with the Jacob Crouch Foundation presents a suicide awareness and prevention program to freshmen Wednesday at Acadiana High School in Scott.
Are you a survivor?
Attend Lafayette's local Suicide Support Group. Meetings are on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at St. Edmund's Church. For more information call 261-5578.
Need help?
Check out the following resources.
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK
- National Suicide Hotline 1-800-SUICIDE
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention 1-888-333-AFSP
- National Mental Health Association 1-800-969-6642
- www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
- www.suicidehotlines.com
- www.afsp.org
- www.nmha.org
