Tagged: suicide

8:52am

Tue July 19, 2011
Teen activism

Tribal youth using digital media to battle silent epidemic: suicide

Credit Tom Banse / Northwest News Network

PORTLAND – According to government statistics, American Indians are 70 percent more likely to die by suicide than the general population. The high suicide rate has been called a "silent epidemic." But it's silent no more.

Prevention workers at a health workshop in Portland are hoping teen-generated web videos, music and even a comic book can save lives.

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