During October 2011, radio station WBEZ ran an excellent series, Out of the Shadows: Preventing Child Suicide.
It focused on youth aged 14 to 24, which is the group especially at risk.
This excellent series was too little too late for our own family; but it will help others---if everyone tunes in and listens to it.
I did not get to listen to every episode because they aired while I was at work. But they are online, and everyone can benefit from hearing them--especially me.
All parents everywhere should be open-minded about the possibility that their child might have a mental illness or be suicidal, and they should educate themselves about the symptoms (or lack of symptoms, which in itself may be a symptom). No one can afford tobe in denial about this, or closed-minded to the possibility because the symptoms of the suicidal mind are so subtle and ambiguous.
I want the whole world to know about Out of the Shadows so that all parents everywhere will be armed with the information they need.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
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Maris Michael Butta, Senior Airman, son of Raymond and Deena, nee Weglarz; brother of Alexander and Philip Butta. A 2006 graduate of Gordon Tech High School, Maris was a member of the 8th Intel squadron in the U.S. Air Force at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. He was decorated with the Air Force Achievement Medal and earned the following awards: Air Force Organizational Excellence Award, the Air Force Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terror Service Medal and the Air Force Training Ribbon. In lieu of flowers, memorial donation to the Wounded Warrior Project, 7020 A.C. Skinner Pkwy., Suite 100, Jacksonville, FL 32256. Visitation Monday, 3 to 9 p.m., and Tuesday, 9 a.m., until time of service, 10 a.m., at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 6150 N. Cicero Ave., Chicago. Interment St. Adalbert Cemetery.