Community Conversation Breaks Silence Around Domestic Violence, Suicide - Michigan

Chris Engel 4/25/136:00 PM

"Speakers at a Monday forum hosted by the Farmington Area Suicide Prevention Task Force say the topics are related by shame and stigma....

"...Feelings of shame and self-blame are also common in both...."

" Forty percent of survivors of domestic violence have attempted suicide."

"Cardinal cited a study that showed dating violence is the "single greatest predictor of suicide ideation" for young girls, and the Centers for Disease Control includes it with heroin use and sexual assault as common among adolescents who think about suicide...."

http://farmington-mi.patch.com/articles/community-conversation-breaks-silence-around-domestic-violence-suicide

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