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1) A Cry For Help: How to Help a Friend Who is Depressed or Suicidal

Pub. Date

2005, c2001

Description

In the wake of suicide, family members and friends wonder what they could have done to help, how they could have prevented this tragedy. Made for teen audiences, this video educates young people to recognize the signs of depression and suicide in their peers.

2) Joe Bell

Formats

Blu-Ray, DVD

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Mark Wahlberg plays the rough-edged Oregon-based father who pays tribute to his gay teenage son Jadin by embarking on a walk across America to speak his heart to heartland adults and students about the potentially terrifying high costs of bullying.

3) Dear Evan Hansen

Pub. Date

[2021]

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The breathtaking, generation-defining Broadway phenomenon becomes a soaring cinematic event as Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt reprises his role as an anxious, isolated high schooler aching for understanding and belonging amid the chaos and cruelty of the social-media age. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Stephen Chbosky, the film is written for the screen by the show's Tony winner Steven Levenson with music and lyrics by the show's Oscar,...

4) The virgin suicides

Pub. Date

2000

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When school hunk Trip Fontain convinces the beautiful but sheltered Lisbon sisters to go to the prom, the romantic fantasies of a group of neighborhood boys threaten to come true--until all are engulfed in a stunning chain of events that will change their lives forever.

5) The silent epidemic

Pub. Date

p2006, c2001

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Presents the potential signs and causes of teen suicide as discussed by parents, teens, and experts within the dual formats of talk show and docu-drama. Contains interviews with teens who attempted suicide and discusses options available to such individuals or their parents.

6) Cry for help

Pub. Date

c2009

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Features first-person stories from adolescents who are confronting depression, anxiety, and mental illness. Provides a rare and important look at mental illness among young adults through their stories, emotional struggles, and their lives in crises. Explores treatments, mental health testing, and community healing programs to give parents and educators a basis for recognizing the warning signs of teens in trouble. Not rated; contains frank discussions...