MY SCHOOL'S
HEALTH CENTERS’ HANDS FOR HEALTH BENEFIT. SAVE THE DATE!!
The benefit is Thursday,
May 8th, 2008 at Lane Community College. Please be on the look out for more
specific information later this school year. It will be a fun evening celebrating
School Based Health Care in 4J. Music and entertainment will be provided by
talented youth from around the Eugene
School District.
. Funds raised will be
used to support health center operations, such as providing free prescriptions
and health care to uninsured and underinsured youth.
Please join us. If you
are interested in being involved in helping put on this event, call Debbie
Knox RN at 687.3271.
ADORABLE PINS
FOR SALE AT THE HEALTH CENTER
We are selling
buttons/pins. There are 3 designs, which have been designed by students.
They are really cute. The cost is a minimum dollar donation to adults, (
more is welcome) and .25 cents for students. The students designed these
buttons to avocate for School-Based Health Centers. The money collected
goes toward the health center Medication Fund which covers prescription
costs for kids who can not afford medication.
SUICIDE
PREVENTION TRAINING A SUCCESS!
The Safe-Teen Suicide
Prevention Training was a success with about 50 persons attending. Many
important questions were asked and answered. The following question was
asked, but the answer was not immediately available. After researching the
topic the following was learned. See below. We look forward to seeing you
next year for the annual suicide prevention training.
Question: How likely is
a person to have major depression as an adult, if they've had it as a
teenager?
Answer: Studies,
(Lowinsohn, Rohde, Klein and Seeley, 1999) reveal that 45% of young adults
who were depressed as adolescents developed a major depressive disorder as
young adults. This compares to 18.5% of young adults who developed major
depression and had no previous history of having a major depressive
disorder.
Of those who did have
depression as a teenager, it was found that a recurrence of depression as
an adult was most likely in those persons who had severe or several
episodes of depression as a teenager.
The research (Lowinsohn,
Rohde, Seeley, Klein and Gotlib, 2003) did not reveal any significant
differences in academic, occupational or marital functioning or parental
status in young adults who were depressed as teens compared to young adults
who had no episodes of depression as teens.
SIGNS OF
CLINICAL DEPRESSION IN TEENS, (symptoms are ongoing, lasting more than two
weeks)
Withdrawal from friends,
family and activities, Mood Swings, Difficulty Concentrating, Substance
Abuse, Sleeping more or less than usual, Eating more or less than usual,
Crying easily, Feeling hopeless, Loss of interest in peronsal appearance,
Sadness, Anger, or Irritability
RISKS FACTORS
ASSOCIATED WITH SUICIDE
Having made a previous
attempt, Preoccupation with suicide or death, Developing a plan for
suicide, Refusing help from others or feeling beyond help, Making
statements about being gone/dead, Giving away personal items, Becoming
suddenly cheerful after/during a period of depression, Feeling there is no
hope for their situation and cannot see that they have resources or
choices, Having access to firearms or other lethal means of suicide, Having
been or currently being sexually or physically abused, Being gay, lesbian
or trans-gendered, Having a relative who has committed suicide.
If you suspect your
child is depressed or suicidal, GET HELP IMMEDIATELY! See Below.
EMERGENCY MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY
Sacred Heart Medical
Center, Emergency
Room, Eugene, 13th and Hilyard
McKenzie-Willamette Hospital,
Emergency Room, Springfield,
Mohawk Blvd.
Looking Glass 24 Hour
Crisis Line--689.3111
Whitebird Crisis
Service Center, 24 hour phone line and walk-in
services, 687.4000
SHELDON HIGH
SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Sheldon Health Center, Joy Lum PhD, Psychologist, 687.3345
Sheldon High
School Academic Counselors
Tia Dube, students 10-12th grade
last name A-F, 687.3622
Katie Reed, students 10-12th grade
last name G-L, 687.3623
Aura Solomon, all 9th grade students, 687-3720
Michael Voss, students 10-12th grade
last name M-S, 687.3624
John O'Donoghue, student 10-12th grade,
last name T-Z, 687.3632
