by Scott Carter | Apr 2, 2018 | Parenting Articles, Teen Issues
More and more teens are attempting and committing suicide, not only locally, here in Utah, but suicide rates are increasing on a national level as well. In my professional opinion, we are in the middle of a mental health epidemic. Depression, anxiety and suicide have...
by Scott Carter | Feb 13, 2018 | Parenting Articles, Teen Issues
In the last year and especially the last six months, I have been thinking a lot about how to make the biggest difference locally because of the ever increasing rates of teen suicide. If you ask me, there are two things that we must realize and embrace. The first thing...
by Scott Carter | Jan 8, 2018 | Parenting Articles, Teen Issues
I’ve been working with teenagers for nearly twenty years and I have never felt so concerned about the state of their wellbeing and mental health. As the rates of teen suicide continue to climb, it’s no mystery that we are in the midst of a crisis. Our young people are...
by Scott Carter | Dec 31, 2017 | Parenting Articles, Teen Issues
Most people already know that Utah has one of the highest rates of teen suicide in the nation. It has climbed about one hundred and forty one percent in recent years. Statistically, someone in Utah will end their life every fourteen hours, the majority of those are...
by Scott Carter | Nov 17, 2017 | Parenting Articles, Teen Issues
Most people in Utah know that this state has one of the highest, if not the highest, rate of antidepressant usage in both the United States and in the world. This has been going on for awhile too, people have been taking high levels of anti-depressants for quite some...
