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A20 - Wednesday, February 15, 1934 - North Shore News

TEENS IN CRISIS

they go?

FROM PAGE A19

adjustment model that’s

more appropriate and not a

change model,”’ he says.
Elaine Henders, a social

worker at the Lions Gate

~~ Hespital-says_troubled_teens___

could consult private
psychiatrists or family physi-

cians. But, she adds,
**Psychiatrists are so
overloaded.”’

Henders echoes Scofield’s

thoughts on parental involve-

ment, adding she has ex-

perienced the hesitation of =

some parents to become in-
volved with therapy. She says
it may be related to the belief
that suicide is one of the last
taboos and that to talk about
it can only encourage its oc-
currence among adolescents.

“‘The first frustration on
the part of a social worker is
that people don’t want to ac-
cept it [suicide, then they
push it aside and think of it
as a bad dream,’’ says
Henders. ‘‘One reason why
kids may be hesitant to talk
about their problems is that
it’s important to be ‘in con-
trol’ in the community. And
it could also be the parents”
fault to a degree. They may
wittingly or unwittingly con-

tribute to the kid’s problems
by not making time to talk.”’

A Vancouver group that
might serve as a model for

JOYCE RIGAUX
. - - United Way

future North Shore services is
SAFER (Suicide Attempt,
Followup, Education and
Research). Founded in 1972,
SAFER provides a counsell-

here do .

ing service for the families
and friends who have lost a
loved one through suicide as
well as for those who attempt
suicide.

The SAFER team services
four hospitals — Vancouver

encral, Burnaby General.
St. Paul’s, and the Royal
Columbian — and receives its
clients thorugh the referral of
family physicians.

Gladys Adilman, senior

| mental health worker, says
--SAFER was
:, about 1,100 suicide attempts

‘‘aware’” of

and 50 survivors in the last

"year alone. The team does

not service the North Shore.

What will reverse the trend
towards adolescent suicide?
Scofield says a strong public
awareness campaign will be

“one of the most effective

ways. He also encourages
parents and teenagers to
become more aware of the
“stress indicators’? in an

~ adolescent’s fife and to be

willing to discuss any pro-
blems that may arise.

Ira Applebaum, the co
ordinator at Queen. Mary
Community School, says he
believes the social systems in

B.C. also have to be studied, -

since sO many agencies ap-
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