Week of March 9, 1998 (Rerun Week of July 27, 1998)
Breakthroughs in biochemistry help predict the risk of suicide. New studies in adolescent suicide provide vital information
for parents. Guests include prominent suicide researchers Dr. Jan Fawcett and Dr. David Clark, songwriter Suzanne Vega
performs and we talk with those who have come back from the brink of suicide. Plus: Why a Japanese cartoon,
coming to the U.S., sent 700 children to the hospital.
You can get free screening for depression through the National
Depression Screening hotline at 1-800-573-4433, or learn more
information about National Depression Screening Day by visiting
this Website: http://www.nmha.org/the.bell/v1.2/bell16.html.
You can reach suicide researchers Dr. Jan Fawcett and Dr. David Clark
at Rush Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center, 1725 W. Harrison,
Chicago, IL. 60612.
Suzanne Vega's latest album, Nine Objects of Desire,
is available on A&M Records.
Dr. Phil Sheridan, who talked about the Japanese cartoon that
made 700 children sick, can be reached through the information office
of the National Institute for Neurological Disorder and Stroke, at
1-800-352-9424, or by visiting their Website at: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/.
More information about epilepsy and other seizure disorders is
available through the Epilepsy Foundation, at 1-800-332-1000.
