Talking about feelings could save children's lives

Articles in the USA Today reporting on the recent suicide of a 7-year-old boy quoted Depression Center member Polly Gipson, Ph.D. "Any time a child makes a threat or engages in talking about suicide, it should always be taken seriously," said Gipson, a child psychologist at U-M's Center for the Child and the Family and a research investigator in the Department of Psychiatry "We shouldn't think that because a child is a child, there's no way (he or she) can act on those behaviors."