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Two Parkland Suicides Highlight the Lasting Impact of Trauma. Here's How Parents and Teachers Can Help Teens Who Are Struggling [time.com]

 

A pair of recent suicide deaths in Parkland, Fla., serve as a stark reminder of the lingering effects of trauma — and underscore the importance of providing long-term support to those who are living with its consequences.

Just days after 19-year-old Sydney Aiello, who survived the mass shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last year, died by suicide, police confirmed that an unnamed current student at the high school had also died by “apparent suicide.” Police did not release details about the second Parkland student’s death or say whether they were enrolled at the school during last year’s rampage, but Aiello’s family has spoken openly about the survivor’s guilt and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) they say she suffered after the tragedy — highlighting the lasting consequences of mass traumas that have become all too common.

[For more on this story by JAMIE DUCHARME AND KATIE REILLY  go to http://time.com/5558089/parkla...lp-trauma-survivors/]

For another story on this topic, go to Parkland Teens Say The Suicide Deaths Of Two Shooting Survivors Is A “Wake-Up Call” For America.

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The Buzzfeed article linked here was partly damning of the help provided. this highlights the importance of evaluating therapy. It's too bad there had to be loss of life to find out the students immpressions on the effect of the therapy that was available to them. Of course, the article may be focusing on the opinion of a few outliers. For sure we know there were at least two students who were not helped enough.

One example noted makes it sound like information on the symptoms of traumatic stress and who can be expected to have them (even students who were sick at home or outside the school that day) wasn't communicated well enough.

Another issue noted by some students was having to go back after two weeks and being expected to forget or stuff away what happened there. It sounds like there were a lot of services available mostly on a voluntary basis. Seems like some kind of educational and energy clearing ceremony put on by diverse religious and secular leaders might have helped the reentry process.

Only a small part of the story can be covered by two articles. Wouldn't it be great if someone had the resources to properly evaluate the effect of trauma therapy in communities that experience disasters such as Parkland. There's so much information that could help people we may be missing out on.

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