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July 2002

Parents Respond to Suicide:
The Jed Foundation Tries to Save Lives
By Pola Rosen, Ed.D.

You have suffered the greatest nightmare of parenthood: you have lost a child to the violent, self-inflicted torture of suicide. Your life will never be the same.

Some parents feel guilt: they should have been more insightful and seen the pain. Others can’t go on and feel their lives are destroyed. Some few find that through blazing a path to help other young adults, they are helping to memorialize the child they lost. Donna Satow is one such parent. After her son Jed committed suicide at the University of Arizona in Tucson, she and her husband decided that services to help their son and others was almost nonexistent on many college campuses. They created Ulifeline.org, a web site dedicated to college students and their mental health. The plan calls for customizing a website for each college campus which will only be available to the college community via password. It will be anonymous, and will contain a self-screening questionnaire (developed at Duke University), a place to ask questions of mental health professionals, link directly to appointments, have a dialogue and have access to a mental health library (Harvard Medical School). The purpose

is to provide a safety net for students at risk and to reduce the suicide rate in people 18-24. The Jed Foundation, only one year old, has just raised one million dollars and already has customized websites for 60 colleges.

Satow has pulled together a series of experts including lawyers, psychiatrists and college presidents to come up with a blueprint for suicide prevention. The Satows are also developing a Parents Program to assist families of students who may need help currently enrolled in university or those soon to enter.

When asked what parents can do to help their children, Satow responded, “They should ask what safety net your child’s college has and the services available, ‘just in case.’” Parents should know about mental health services and be alert for warning signs.

Ron Gibori, the fraternity president who was a friend of Jed’s now runs the Ulifeline.org website. He can be reached at rgibori@yahoo.com.

For more information about the Jed Foundation contact www.jedfoundation.org or www.ulifeline.org or email: emailus@the jedfoundation.org.

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