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California:

Emotional lifeline available for families of suicide victims, Daily News, May. 3, 2008

The Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center plans to start an eight-week bereavement group program for suicide survivors as part of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the nation’s first suicide prevention hotline that was established at the Didi Hirsch center in 1958.
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Ohio:

Children need better coping skills, Salem News, May. 4, 2008

This article discusses how the Family Recovery Center in Salem has joined the county suicide prevention coalition in an effort to reduce youth suicide in the area. The article includes statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and the American Association of Suicidology with information on warning signs and how to get help.
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