Through experience, Peninsula woman offers support for families recovering from loss
After her 19-year-old daughter’s death in 2008, Rosanna Marks found strength in The Compassionate Friends, a support group for families who have lost children.
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Two years after teen deaths, Palo Alto commits new funds, energy to suicide prevention
After five teen suicides shook Palo Alto in 2009, schools and the city implemented intervention and support programs. Awareness has been raised, but a teen survey shows there’s more work to be done.
After five suicides, Palo Alto high school students change culture through peer support
After five classmates committed suicide last year, students at Palo Alto’s Henry M. Gunn high school banded together to form a support group of trained peer counselors.