CROP - Teen Depression & Suicide 2025

CROP - Teen Depression & Suicide 2025

Welcome to the next CROP Gathering! In this event, we'll be diving deep into Teen Depression & Suicide in 2025.

In a recent report released by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) of the U.S. government, suicide among young people aged 10 to 14 years old has nearly TRIPLED in only the past 10 years. Among older teenagers (15 to 19), suicides increased by 76 percent. What's behind the dramatic rise in Teen Suicide?

According to Dr. Suvrat Bhargave, a board-certified psychiatrist specializing in child and adolescent psychiatry in a recent article in The Epoch Times:

"I understand that [for parents], there is always a little bit of trepidation with talking about difficult subjects with kids. But the reality is that kids are exposed to and are becoming aware of these difficult topics. So if we’re not the ones talking about it, we don’t know where they’re getting their information, and we don’t know what solutions they’re being offered, or what they’re being encouraged to think about."

We invite you into our community, where together as a group we guide parents and teens in teaching, training, and mentoring our teens into young adulthood. We meet once a month and address relevant life topics that young people face today. There will be games, prizes, and real life stories shared. These events are free of charge and dinner will be served.

TOPIC FOR THIS SESSION - Teen Depression and Suicide

In this session you will learn:

• What influences are causing teens to commit suicide
• What challenges teens are faced with today that adults did not have at their age
• The number one thing that can help prevent teens from considering suicide
• The role a parent can take to identify if their teen is at risk

Info: Arrive starting at 5:30 pm. We will then have some mixer time, with food for those who preorder. Food will be pizza, salad, and drinks.

Info: Topics we will address include:
What influences are leading teens to suicide
Challenges teens face today
Types of depression
How to get help for depression types
How parents can identify risks

Info: Nicole was born in California but moved to Idaho 30 years ago. She is an interior designer for Hayden Furniture Depot. She is a TikTok influencer with over 277,000 followers and over 3.25 million likes on her posts. She chronicled her journey of losing her 15 year old son, Deacon, to suicide. She will share her experience, insight, what parents should look for, and most importantly offer hope to all people, especially teens, who feel that all hope is lost and suicide is the only answer. It is not.

Info: Time for open discussion, Q&A, personal stories, etc., as well as where to get help.

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