03-13-2012, 02:17 PM
So sad and tragic -
That's why I left Social Work - two teens I was working with (15 and 13) at a residential facility committed suicide. (at the time my daughter was 13 and had the same shoes as the thirteen year older)
Meanwhile outside of work, , a dear friend (and another social worker)daughter (16) committed suicide. The family tried everything but could not find anything to ease the child's depression.
I tried to move on from there but when a young teen I was working with at a Jr High School in Maine became suicidal it took me over the top. I had to leave my graduate program - i couldn't separate work and home .
Sigh.....