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09/16/07
Walk to remember
Allison Garcia. Special to the [Bradenton] Herald
Excerpt:
Hundreds participate in Manatee
Glens' fifth annual 'Walk for Life' in memory of loved ones lost to suicide
They call it the "Walk for Life."
With the goal of suicide prevention, about 400 marchers gathered Saturday
morning to walk from Palmetto, over the Manatee River into downtown
Bradenton and back again in memory of loved ones who have taken their own
lives.
It was the Manatee Glens mental health facility's fifth annual event.
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09/15/07
Surviving Mom Works to Prevent Suicide
Cheryl Bentley. Suncoast News.
She was named Melissa after "sweet
Melissa" in the Allman Brothers Band song.
Just as the Melissa in the song casts a spell, Tarpon Springs resident
Trish McGuire's Melissa also has cast a spell – over the life of McGuire,
Melissa's mother.
Over the years, the spell has changed moods. It started with the joy of
motherhood and took an abrupt jump with Melissa's suicide at age 22.
These days, the spell nudges Trish McGuire to help others – families of
suicides and young people.
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09/13/07
Her pain pushes her to prevent suicides
Ernest Hooper. St. Petersburg Times.
Excerpt:
In 2002, Bonnie McClelland's only son, Timothy, died by suicide.
In the months that followed, two of his friends also died by suicide and
Bonnie lost her last surviving parent.
By the end of the year, with the merriment of the holidays mixing with
the sorrow of her losses, she had her own bout with depression and suicidal
thoughts.
"I know how it feels to stand right on the edge," says McClelland,
director of the Suncoast Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program.
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09/11/07
County marks suicide prevention week
Suzette Porter. Tampa Bay Newspapers.
Excerpt:CLEARWATER – The Board of County Commissioners proclaimed Sept. 9-15 as
Yellow Ribbon Suicide Awareness and Prevention Week at its regular meeting
on Sept. 4.
Board Chairman Ronnie Duncan described suicide as the “most disruptive and
most tragic” event.
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07/29/07
The 'atypical' dilemma
Robert Farley, St. Petersburg Times Staff Writer
Excerpt:
Almost entirely driving this spiraling trend is the rise of a class of
antipsychotic drugs called atypicals...
There is almost no research on the long-term effects of such powerful
medications on the developing brains of children. The more that researchers
learn, the less comfortable many are becoming with atypicals...
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07/12/06
Suicide survivors share memories
Mary Burrell. Tampa Bay Newspapers.
Excerpt:
MADEIRA BEACH – With a nearly full moon behind them and
the sun setting on the horizon, a group of survivors of suicide – those who
lost loved ones to suicide – gathered on the beach for a candlelight Evening
of Remembrance July 9.
As beachgoers at Archibald Park respectfully watched,
Bonnie McClelland of Seminole, co-founder of the Suncoast Yellow Ribbon
Suicide Prevention Program, guided the 35 survivors through an inspirational
and emotional ceremony that included lighting each other’s candles and
honoring the memories of the teens who died and who clearly remain a big
part of the lives of family members and friends.
Click here to see
photos taken by guests at this event.
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05/11/06
Magic show conjuring up controversy
Kathryn Bursch, Tampa Bay's 10 News
Seminole, Florida – The TV
special is called “Keith Barry: Extraordinary” and features the talents of
the Irish magician and psychological illusionist.
Keith Barry aims to wow and entertain, but one of the stunts contained in
Friday’s show on CBS is also conjuring up some controversy. The stunt is
billed as a death-defying public hanging. But people like Bonnie McClelland,
whose son Tim hanged himself, find the stunt anything but amusing.
Bonnie McClelland, Suncoast Yellow Ribbon: “But to allow someone to hang
on TV for everybody’s entertainment…that’s not my idea of entertainment. I
know what that looks like.” McClelland heads a Pinellas suicide prevention
group and she fears young children may try to copy the hanging stunt and
that others who suffer from depression may be pushed over the edge. Suicide
prevention activists from across the country hold similar concerns.
McClelland is not going to watch the program. But if people do, she urges
parents to talk to their kids about the stunt she finds not magical, but
macabre.
Bonnie McClelland, Suncoast Yellow Ribbon: “Even as a child I knew they
weren’t sawing people in half, but a hanging…that’s just over the edge.” CBS
plans to air warnings with the program. The alerts advise viewers that an
expert illusionist is performing the stunts and that the stunts should not
be tried at home.
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01/10/06
Media reports about suicide need to be more sensitive
Re: 911 tape reveals Dungy hanging, Jan. 5.
By
Bonnie McClelland, Chapter Director Suncoast Yellow Ribbon Suicide
Prevention Program. Opinion. St. Petersburg Times
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12/24/05
How to deal with a silent epidemic
Bay News 9 interview with Bonnie McClelland.
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04/16/05
Look beyond psychiatry when helping our children
Letters to the Editor (click then scroll to letter)
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Look beyond psychiatry
when helping our children Re:
Scientology in schools, April 12
David Figueroa, President, Citizens Commission on Human Rights of
Florida, Inc., Clearwater
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Don't take public health
backward Re:
Florida House Bill 209
David L. Shern, Ph.D., dean and professor, Louis de la Parte Florida
Mental Health Institute, Tampa
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The failure of
psychiatry Re:
Scientology in schools, April 12.
Linda Breeden, Safety Harbor
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Creating a barrier to
treatment Re:
Scientology in schools, April 12.
Michael T. Smith, Ph.D., Legislative and Public Policy
representative, Pinellas Chapter of the Florida Psychological
Association, Tarpon Springs
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Thwart the drugging of
children
Mike Kaplan, Clearwater
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Appropriate treatment
works Re:
Actor lobbies against psychiatry for kids, April 13
Marcia Mathes, Orlando
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Educate rather than medicate
Re:
Scientology in schools, April 12
Cathy Corry, president, JUSTICE4KIDS.ORG, Clearwater
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Stay away from the science fiction
Re:
Scientologists push for mental health statute, April
9
Susan Darlington, LCSW, Dunedin
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04/13/05
Actor lobbies against psychiatry for kids
Alisa Ulferts,
St. Petersburg Times
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04/12/05
Scientology in schools
Editorial,
St. Petersburg Times
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04/09/05
Scientologists push for mental health statute
Alisa Ulferts,
St. Petersburg Times
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04/08/05
Spotting troubled students House bill would hinder alerts to parents of
mental problems
Opinion, News-Journal
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02/13/05
Mother uses grief to help others
Anne Lindberg,.
St. Petersburg Times
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09/28/04
Local suicide advocate attends national conference
Seminole Beacon
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04/21/04
Hidden Heroes: Beyond coping – suicide victim becomes life saver
Mary Burrell,
Tampa Bay Newspapers
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06/05/03
Climbing out of hell - We could do more to help kids stay alive
Eric Snider, Weekly Planet
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09/07/02
Yellow
Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program
Criminal Justice Forum, radio host Frank Kopczynski interviews Bonnie
McClelland
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06/26/02
"Learn from this"
Chris Tisch,
St. Petersburg Times
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06/06/02
Vigil set for suicide survivors, families [click then scroll down to
article]
Times staff reports, Tampa Bay Briefs, St. Petersburg Times
