Suicide: Helping Your Student Cope With Tragedy

On the day before my son was to begin classes for the Fall Semester of his freshman year, one of his best friends committed suicide on campus in a very public way.

At a time when most students were dealing with concerns about settling into their dorms, making new friends, starting new classes, and getting accustomed to college life, my son and his friends were suddenly faced with the most tragic event of their young lives. This may seem like an unlikely and unusual circumstance, but here are...