Dist. 220 Schools Get Help in Fight against Depression Fight: Parent Says Depression Requires Direct Treatment like Any Illness
Byline: Eric Peterson epeterson@dailyherald.com
In its ongoing aim to prevent further teen suicides, Barrington Unit District 220 is receiving both guidance and validation from some highly respected agencies.
Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and the Skokie-based Cheryl T. Herman Foundation are lending their expertise to the district's and community's mental health programs.
From the fall of 2007 through August 2010, five Barrington High School students and two district staff members committed suicide.
The deaths sparked the creation of the group Help, Encouragement, Resources, …
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Article title: Dist. 220 Schools Get Help in Fight against Depression Fight: Parent Says Depression Requires Direct Treatment like Any Illness.
Contributors: Not available.
Newspaper title: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL).
Publication date: January 20, 2011.
Page number: 5.
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