Preventing Youth Suicide:

The Importance of Ensuring Access to Services
A Virtual Forum | March 28, 2023

LWVCCA and YMCA Cape Cod Y Achievers public forum and panel discussion about health/mental health concerns for Cape Cod youth, following recent teen suicides on the Cape.
The program highlighted the significance of the recently passed Mental Health ABC Law and will help promote understanding of the experiences of Cape Cod young people.

Learn how schools, families, healthcare providers, first responders, law enforcement, faith-based organizations, community members, and friends can offer supportive practices and policies to prevent teen suicide and care for those who’ve been affected by the loss of a friend/loved one due to suicide.

Guest Panelists:

• Students from Cape Cod High Schools
• MA State Senator Julian Cyr, Sponsor, The Mental Health ABC Act 2.0 2.0
• Kim Mead-Walters, MD, Executive Director,Sharing Kindness
• Daniel Rodrigues, LICSW, PMH-C, Director,Substance Use Disorders, Duffy Health Ctr.
• Catherine Fauth, School Adjustment Counselor, Falmouth High School
  Moderator: Jackie Lane, Executive Director, NAMI Cape Cod & The Islands

View a recording of the forum here: https://youtu.be/jaANM02l7Wo?t=1

Resource relating to this forum are at THIS Link

Details about our panelists are at THIS link