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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

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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, -

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