City Visions explores new ways Bay Area high schools are addressing teen anxiety and depression, following student suicides in several local communities. Host Joseph Pace and guests look at teen suicide risk factors, new school-based mental health interventions, and the impact of the culture of success on kids' lives.
Guests:
Vicki Abeles- Educational reformer, director and producer of “Race to Nowhere” and “Beyond Measure”, and author of “Beyond Measure: Rescuing anOverscheduled, Overtested, Underestimated Generation”
Kristy Blackburn- Advisor, The Oracle, Gunn High School’s student newspaper
Shawna Chen- Senior at Gunn High School, Editor-in-Chief, The Oracle, and the creator of the Changing the Narrative series
Dr. Denise Herrmann, Ph.D.- Principal at Gunn High School in Palo Alto
Dr. Shashank Joshi, M.D.- Director of the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Program and school mental health services at Stanford and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Resources:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline- 1-800-273-8255
Bay Area Suicide and Crisis Intervention Alliance
San Francisco Suicide Prevention- 415-781-0500
Family Service Agency of Marin, Suicide Prevention- 415-499-1100
Crisis Support Services Of Alameda County- 1-800-309-2131
San Mateo County StarVista Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Program- 650-579-0350
Contra Costa Crisis Center- 1-800-833-2900
Santa Clara County Suicide Prevention and Crisis- 1-855-278-4204