>> SOCIAL MEDIA NEVER-ENDING LANDSCAPE OF BEAUTIFUL FACES AND FIT BODIES AND LAVISH
LIFESTYLES.
AND FOR MANY TEENAGERS THE
PRESSURES TO KEEP UP THEIR
APPEARANCE CAN HAVE A NEGATIVE
IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH.
>> DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY
AFFECTS SO MANY INCLUDING
TEENS.
OFTEN WE ARE HEARING ABOUT THE
RISE OF SUICIDE RATES.
THIS MOM THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN
IS RAISING AWARENESS ON SUICIDE
TALK ABOUT THE WARNING SIGNS OF
DEPRESSION AND HOW TO GET
RESULTS IS LICENSED MENTAL
HEALTH COUNSELOR CHANTAL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE THIS MORNING.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> LET’S BREAK DOWN STATISTICS
AND WHERE ARE WE.
TALKING ABOUT TEENS AND THIS
BIG PROBLEM.
>> SUICIDE IS A LEADING CAUSE
OF DEATH IN YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE
UNITED STATES CURRENTLY.
AND SINCE THE LATE 90S IT HAS
INCREASED BY 25 PERCENT OVERALL
WITH THE OVERALL POPULATION.
SO IT IS MORE HARMFUL TO THE
DIRECT POPULATION THAN SMOKING
15 CIGARETTES A DAY CURRENTLY.
IT IS MORE OF A HEALTH RISK.
>> YOU SAID SINCE THE 90S IS
INCREASED.
SUICIDE RATE HAS INCREASED 25
PERCENT.
DO WE KNOW WHY THAT IS OR WHAT
THE TREND IS THERE?
>> WE ARE LOOKING AT A LOT OF
DIFFERENT FACTORS.
ONE DOES HAVE TO DO WITH SOCIAL
MEDIA.
SOCIAL MEDIA DOES NOT CAUSE
SUICIDE BUT IT DOES ALIENATE
THOSE PEOPLE.
IT KEEPS PEOPLE IN.
AND FOR MEETING OTHER PEOPLE
AND HAVING COMMUNITIES SO IT
CAN INCREASE LONELINESS AND
ISOLATION AND ALSO CYBER
BULLYING WITH TEENS IS SO
WIDESPREAD YOU CANNOT JUST GET
RID OF IT BY TALKING TO THE
PERSON.
EVERYBODY HAS A PICTURE AND
EVERYBODY HAS IN COMMON AND IT
SPREADS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL
AND THE CHILDREN AND WITH
ADULTS IN OTHER WAYS.
>> DEPRESSION IS ALSO ONE OF
THE BIG UNDERLYING FACTORS.
IS THERE ANY REASON WHY MAYBE
IS DEPRESSION ON THE RISER WHAT
IS CAUSING THAT?
>> DEPRESSION IS CORRELATED
WITH THE ISOLATION AND ANXIETY
DUE TO SOME OF THESE THINGS.
LIKE THE INCREASED --
>>WE DON’T EVEN HAVE TO GO TO
THE GROCERY STORE ANYMORE TO
BUY OUR GROCERIES.
SO HUMAN INTERACTION IS
ESSENTIAL FOR HUMAN BEINGS AND
WE DO NEED TO HAVE OTHER PEOPLE
THAT WE CAN HAVE COMMON
INTERESTS WITH IN THE SENSE OF
BELONGING.
COMMUNITIES ARE BREAKING DOWN.
UNFORTUNATELY FAMILIES ARE
BREAKING UP SO THERE IS NOT AS
MUCH OF A COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
AS THERE WERE IN THE 90S AS
THERE ARE TODAY.
>> WE JUST TALKED YESTERDAY
ABOUT BEING GREAT NEIGHBORS AND
HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE
NEIGHBORLY IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
I’VE TALKED A LOT WITH MENTAL
HEALTH COUNSELORS ABOUT THIS
TOPIC AND WHAT OF THE THINGS
THAT SURPRISED ME THE MOST WAS
HOW YOU HAVE THAT CONVERSATION
WITH A YOUNG PERSON IN EVERY
MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR HAVE
TALKED TO IN ORDER IF YOU
AGREE, SO SHE REALLY SHOULD SAY
THE WORD SUICIDE.
YOU SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID OF IT
BECAUSE IT’S IMPORTANT TO OPEN
THE DOOR AND HAVE A
CONVERSATION.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
TALKING ABOUT IT AND MENTIONING
THE WORD.
YOU’RE NOT GOING TO CAUSE
SOMEONE TO WANT TO HARM
THEMSELVES BY MENTIONING IT.
EVERY TEENAGER AND EVERY CHILD
KNOWS ABOUT THIS,
UNFORTUNATELY.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD SOMEONE
THAT IS HAD SOMETHING HAPPEN TO
THEM OR HAD A SUICIDE.
SO THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
THE TALK AND SAY THE WORDS AND
EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND NOT BE
AFRAID TO.
ALSO MAKE SURE NOT TO SAY JUST
SUCK IT UP OR IT WILL BE FINE
THIRD WORD PROBLEMS BECAUSE
EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN
INDIVIDUAL SITUATION AND NOBODY
CAN JUDGE WHERE SOMEONE ELSE
IS.
JUST LISTENING AND BEING
MINDFUL AND BEING PRESENT AND
NEVER TAKING FOR GRANTED WHERE
SOMEONE IS AT IF THEY SAY THEY
ARE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING.
>> AND YOU KNOW WE HAVE HAD
HIGH-PROFILE SUICIDES OF
CELEBRITIES IN THE PAST YEAR.
SO I KNOW THAT MY DAUGHTER IS
NINE AND SHE SAW SOME OF THOSE
ON THE NEWS AND WAS ASKING
QUESTIONS SAYING IS THAT TOO
EARLY TO START HAVING THIS
CONVERSATION?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT BECAUSE
UNFORTUNATELY YOU’RE ALREADY
EXPOSED TO ROOT LIKE YOU SAID.
AND HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND
THAT THEY CAN ALWAYS TALK ABOUT
IT AND ASK FOR SUPPORT.
IT IS OKAY AND YOU DON’T HAVE
TO BE AFRAID OF IT.
BUT TO SPEAK OUT AND HELP AND
SUPPORT THEIR FRIENDS AFTER
EXPERIENCING PRESSURE AS WELL.
>> WE KNOW THERE IS THE SUICIDE
HOTLINE AS WELL ONE 802 73 TALK
HAS BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME.
THERE’S EVEN BEEN A SONG ABOUT
IT.
>> YES THERE HAS BEEN A RECENT
SONG.
IT IS KIND OF SAD IT CAME TO
THAT BUT IT’S GREAT TO KNOW
THAT THERE IS THAT RESOURCE AND
THAT YOU CAN REACH OUT AND YOU
ARE NEVER ALONE.
>> WHAT WARNING SIGNS DO WE
NEED TO LOOK FOR.
SO MANY TIMES AND YOU HEAR OF
THESE TRAGEDIES PEOPLE SAY I
WISH I HAD KNOWN AND I DID NOT
KNOW.
WHAT ARE THE SIGNS MAY BE THAT
WE WOULD NOT NECESSARILY THINK
OF THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING
AGGRESSION, WITHDRAWAL.
MAYBE A LOT OF PICTURE DRAWINGS
THINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT ARE
PRETTY DARK.
ALSO, WARNING SIGNS AS FAR AS
IF THERE IS A FAMILY ISSUE OR
MAYBE SOME ISSUES IN THE FAMILY
WITH TRAGEDY OR RECENT ISSUE
THAT IS HAPPENED THERE.
SOMETIMES A CULTURAL FACTOR.
THINGS LIKE THAT THAT HAVE
HAPPENED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
IF A PERSON IS GOING THROUGH A
LOT DURING THAT TIME.
SO CHECKING ON THOSE THINGS AS
WELL LIKE DROPPING GRADES OR
DROPPING FRIENDS.
ALL THE NORMAL THINGS WE SEE
WHEN WE SEE SOMEONE BEING
DEPRESSED AS WELL.
>> YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT HOW SOCIAL MEDIA DOES NOT
CAUSE SUICIDE BUT IT IS
SOMETHING THAT KIDS CAN TURN TO
AND LOOK AT FOR INFORMATION.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD NEWS
STORIES ABOUT MISINFORMATION
AND YOUTUBE VIDEOS FOR EXAMPLE
THE KIDS ARE GETTING A HOLD OF.
WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU
WOULD SAY TO PARENTS WHO ARE
WORRIED ABOUT THEIR KIDS USING
SOCIAL MEDIA TO GET THEIR
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS?
>> THAT IS A GREAT POINT
BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY ALSO
THERE ARE SO MANY MORE
RESOURCES ON HOW TO COMPLETE
THE ACT AND ALSO NEW SHOWS ON
NETFLIX, STORIES ABOUT CHILDREN
DOING THIS.
SO LIMITING THEIR CONTENT TO
AVAILABILITY TO THE STOP AND
ALSO HAVING OPEN CONVERSATIONS
BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT GOING TO
COMPLETELY KEEP THEM FROM THAT.
I THINK A LOT OF PARENTS ARE
NOT EVEN AWARE OF WHAT THEIR
KIDS ARE LOOKING AT.
SO REALLY EVEN WATCHING THE
SHOWS WITH THEM.
THERE IS A RECENT ONE THAT CAME
OUT ON NETFLIX HAS BEEN UP FOR
A FEW SERIES.
WATCHING IT WITH THEM AND
TALKING ABOUT IT WITH THEM.
FOR YOUNGER KIDS DEFINITELY
JUST PREVENTING THEM FROM
GETTING ONTO THOSE CERTAIN
TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND
SEEING THAT STUFF.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.