Emotional Regulation 2
Suicidal Thoughts/Behaviors • Willingness to engage in high risk • Move beyond just thoughts • Current Patient Example • Inability to self regulate • Express more on social, no response, action 3
Social Media 4
Transgender 5
Substance Use • “It is harmless and natural, only a herb, won’t affect me long term” • “It is not addictive” • “It’s safe because it is used as medicine for cancer and other diseases” • “Safer than tobacco and alcohol and those are legal” 6
Spectrum Patients 7
Spectrum Patients 8
Blended Families 9
80% 73% 70% 61% 60% 46% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 1960 1980 2014 Fewer than half (46%) of U.S. kids younger than 18 years of age are living in a home with two married parents in their first marriage. 10
Parent Pressure 1970 2017 11
What are we doing? • Suicide community education • Partnering with schools to create better access • Required parent education groups for patients in our services • Program initiatives around specific patient populations • Skills based programming 12
Follow up… • Amit Thaker • 630-646-5153 • Amit.Thaker@eehealth.org
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