BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Karin L. Price\, PhD Chief Psychologist Texas Children's Hospit al   TEXAS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL SOUNDS THE ALARM: THE CRISIS OF TEEN MEN TAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE There is perhaps no tragedy more heartbreaking than the loss of a young life to suicide and no greater anguish for parents th an discovering that the child they loved\, nurtured and believed was happy \, was silently struggling with unbearable emotional pain.  Across Americ a\, far too many adolescents are battling depression\, anxiety\, lonelines s\, cyberbullying\, feelings of hopelessness and thoughts of suicide\, oft en concealed behind seemingly normal smiles and everyday activities\, ofte n\, without parents\, teachers or friends recognizing their distress. Dr. Karin L. Price\, PhD\, Chief Psychologist\, Texas Children’s Hospital\, and Associate Prof of Pediatrics-Psychology at Baylor College of Medicine\ , Houston\, leads a team of more than 60 behavioral health professionals w ho are dedicated to addressing the many factors that impact the overall he alth and wellbeing of children and their families. Today’s teenager may be the most connected young person in history-and at the same time\, one o f the loneliest with emotional consequences being anxiety\, loneliness\, d epression\, insecurity\, anger\, withdrawal and in increasing instances\, suicide.\, Dr. Price has been featured in prominent regional and instituti onal news coverage discussing the Pediatric mental health crises and emerg ency room surges in adolescent suicidal attempts Where once T.C.H. once tr eated 40-60 monthly young patients arriving at their emergency rooms. in a cute mental health crises\, pre pandemic\, they now handle 400-500\, with symptoms moving from self-harm to active suicidal attempts in children as young as 9 years old. Dr. Price will discuss suicide prevention\, recogniz ing warning signs of suicide\, aggressive behaviors and other behavioral h ealth issues and how to deal with all the pressures affecting young childr en. She will discuss her ideas on Universal Pediatric Screening\, the work of the Zero Suicide Institute\, and TCH focus on Stress safety plans for families\, the goal being to prepare families before an emergency occurs. Dr. Price received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Cornell Univ\, Weill Medical College\, a PhD in Philosophy from the Univ of Connecticut and com pleted a fellowship in Clinical Psychology at the Univ of Connecticut. Ple ase invite your friends to this very timely and important program at Rotar y Joe Colangelo Program Committee DTEND:20261022T180000Z DTSTAMP:20261016T214918Z DTSTART:20261022T163000Z LOCATION:Tony’s Restaurant SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:TEXAS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL SOUNDS THE ALARM: UID:2ab720b7-282c-41b7-b933-a9f996dae80a X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Karin L. Price\, PhD
\nChief Psychologist
\nTexas Children'\;s Hospital

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TEXAS CHILDREN&rsquo\;S HOSPITAL SOUNDS THE ALARM:
\nTHE CRISIS OF TEEN MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE

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There is perha ps no tragedy more heartbreaking than the loss of a young life to suicide and no greater anguish for parents than discovering that the child they lo ved\, nurtured and believed was happy\, was silently struggling with unbea rable emotional pain. \; Across America\, far too many adolescents are battling depression\, anxiety\, loneliness\, cyberbullying\, feelings of hopelessness and thoughts of suicide\, often concealed behind seemingly no rmal smiles and everyday activities\, often\, without parents\, teachers o r friends recognizing their distress.

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Dr. Karin L. Price\, PhD\, Chief Psychologist\, Texas Children&rsquo\;s Hospital\, and Associate Pro f of Pediatrics-Psychology at Baylor College of Medicine\, Houston\, leads a team of more than 60 behavioral health professionals who are dedicated to addressing the many factors that impact the overall health and wellbein g of children and their families.

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Today&rsquo\;s teenager may be the most connected young person in history-and at the same time\, one of the loneliest with emotional consequences being anxiety\, loneliness\, dep ression\, insecurity\, anger\, withdrawal and in increasing instances\, su icide.\,

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Dr. Price has been featured in prominent regional and i nstitutional news coverage discussing the Pediatric mental health crises a nd emergency room surges in adolescent suicidal attempts

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Where o nce T.C.H. once treated 40-60 monthly young patients arriving at their eme rgency rooms. in acute mental health crises\, pre pandemic\, they now hand le 400-500\, with symptoms moving from self-harm to active suicidal attemp ts in children as young as 9 years old.

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Dr. Price will discuss s uicide prevention\, recognizing warning signs of suicide\, aggressive beha viors and other behavioral health issues and how to deal with all the pres sures affecting young children. She will discuss her ideas on Universal Pe diatric Screening\, the work of the Zero Suicide Institute\, and TCH focus on Stress safety plans for families\, the goal being to prepare families before an emergency occurs.

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Dr. Price received a Bachelor of Sci ence Degree from Cornell Univ\, Weill Medical College\, a PhD in Philosoph y from the Univ of Connecticut and completed a fellowship in Clinical Psyc hology at the Univ of Connecticut.

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Please invite your friends to this very timely and important program at Rotary

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Joe Colangelo< br />\nProgram Committee

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