\u201cIt\u2019s tricky,\u201d District 5 Supervisor Margaret Abe-Koga, whose daughter struggled with mental health issues in middle-to-early high school, told San Jos\u00e9 Spotlight. \u201cAnd it\u2019s something that I\u2019ve been grappling with: How do we talk about the topic, deal with the physical environment to enhance safety without triggering copycat behavior?\u201d<\/p>\n
Joshi said institutions should keep information about a suicide in general terms when notifying the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are ways one can acknowledge what happened without drawing attention to details, such as the exact timing, method or location of the death,\u201d he said. Vynishia Granville, a third-year environmental studies major at SJSU, said she supports putting safeguards on campus to prevent self-harm, but questions how effective they would be without a simultaneous expansion of campus mental health resources.<\/p>\n \u201cIt would be good to put safeguards up, but at that point, the person has already reached that mentality,\u201d Granville told San Jos\u00e9 Spotlight. \u201cWe need more services before someone gets to that point.\u201d<\/p>\n Abe-Koga<\/a>, who has championed efforts to save the allcove youth mental health center<\/a>\u00a0in Palo Alto from closure, said adults have a responsibility to encourage youth to speak out on their needs. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s important to step into the darkness and say that adults care \u2014 even a small expression of caring can reach hearts,\u201d she said. \u201cWe have to create that safe space. And this will keep confounding us if we don\u2019t look in the mirror and own up to the very heavy pressure that we put on our young people.\u201d<\/p>\n If you are in a crisis, feeling depressed, troubled or suicidal, you can call 988, the mental health crisis hotline, to speak with a crisis counselor. In Santa Clara County, interpretation is available in 200 languages. Spanish speakers can also call 888-628-9454. People can reach trained counselors at the Crisis Text Line by texting RENEW to 741741.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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