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Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policy, Programs, and Practices

New CDC Resource Can Help States and Communities Prevent Suicide Among Youth

Sep 14, 2017 By: Deb Stone, Sc.D., M.S.W., M.P.H., CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control and Melissa C. Mercado-Crespo, PhD, MSc, MA, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and StopBullying.gov Ed Board member
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CDC’s suicide prevention technical package is based on the best available evidence to prevent or reduce public health problems like suicide. 

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Can Kindness Overcome Bullying?

Jul 26, 2017 By: Susan Swearer, Professor with the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Co-Director of the Bullying Research Network and Steffie Rapp, Juvenile Justice Specialist, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, and StopBullying.gov Ed Board member
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While being kind might sound easy, it is complex.

Read That Long Pause was Really a Seizure: Understanding Epilepsy and Bullying

That Long Pause was Really a Seizure: Understanding Epilepsy and Bullying

Jul 12, 2017 By: Tatiana Falcone, M.D., FAPA, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with the Epilepsy Center at the Cleveland Clinic and Maureen Perkins, Public Health Analyst with the Health Resources and Services Administration and StopBullying.gov Ed Board member
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Resources

We know that for otherwise healthy children, bullying can affect social skills and friendships, self-esteem, and may increase anxiety and depression.

New CDC Resource Can Help States and Communities Prevent Youth Violence

Jun 14, 2017 By: Corinne David-Ferdon, and Melissa C. Mercado-Crespo, PhD, MSc, MA, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and StopBullying.gov Ed Board member
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Violence

Bullying is a form of youth violence – and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has resources states and communities can use to stop it.