Events

Mental Health First Aid certification workshop

When: Tuesday, February 9 and Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Where: IKEA-Orlando.
Registration: Monday, January 25, 2010

To learn more, click here.

Florida Statewide Office of Suicide Prevention has two new excellent brochures:

What patients, family members and friends need to know about depression medications and suicide
What physicians need to know about depression, medications and suicide

Your donation to the Suncoast Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program is always welcome!

Click to

mail your check to
Bonnie McClelland
8567-108th St N
Seminole Fl 33772

In the News

11/18/09 The Neurobiology of Suicide
10/05/08 Bailout Provides More Mental Health Coverage
09/28/08 Relatives of suicide victims gather for annual walk
09/10/08 Group helps promote suicide prevention

Suncoast Yellow Ribbon

Marlene Jehs, Director
Ribbon 290 Wertz Dr. Largo Fl 33772

Bonnie McClelland, Founder
Suncoast Yellow Ribbon
8567-108th St N
Seminole, FL 33772
727-394-8222

Florida's Statewide Office of
Suicide Prevention
"Help promote hope."

STOP

If you are thinking about suicide
Click Here NOW!

National crisis line:
1-800-SUICIDE
(1-800-784-2433)

Signs of someone thinking about suicide

Abrupt changes in personality
Giving away possessions
Previous suicide attempt
Use of drugs and/or alcohol
Change in eating habits
Change in sleeping pattern
Unwillingness to communicate
Depression
Unusual sadness, discouragement
Talk of wanting to die
Running away from home or truancy from school
Chronic pain
Rebelliousness, reckless behavior
Neglect of academic work
Neglect of personal appearance
Family disruptions such as divorce, losing loved one

Suncoast Yellow Ribbon

Timothy McClelland
7/9/84-1/21/02
Nicholas Yaros
12/25/86-6/11/02
Brandon Pingleton
9/21/87-8/10/03
Matthew Jehs
3/15/88-1/1/05
and to all those we love and lost to suicide.

"learn from this and help each other" ^® PS in Tim McClelland's suicide note

Teen Suicide in Florida

The latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control reveal that, in the United States, 1,718 youths, ages 13 to 19, ended their lives by suicide in 2006. Florida recorded 72 suicides in 2006. This was 27% fewer deaths than than Florida's 17-year high of 99 suicides in 2005. Nation-wide, suicide is the third leading cause of death among teens in every state (accidents were the leading cause followed by homicides), Florida is no exception. - SYR 05/18/09