Following the suicides of teenagers within three days of each other at the same school in Keller ISD, a group of educators and mental health professionals are coming together to host a community mental health forum in Bedford on Tuesday evening.on 209 Harwood Road in Bedford. The event is free for anyone in the metroplex who wants to speak one-on-one with professionals about youth mental health.
The effort began just over a month ago in reaction to a call for help from a Keller ISD father, Scottie Cooper, who lost his teenage son, Anthony, to suicide.Dallas Mavericks to drop crates of fan gear at 3 sites “We thought we should put together a place where people can ask questions, where people can educate themselves, and get the proper answers from the viable sources. Because searching the internet is not exactly the best place to find all this information,” she said."It's open to anyone that may have questions. Bullying happens a whole lot more than we're aware of. And knowing the children, giving them a voice, and knowing that they're heard is really, really important.
Topics at Tuesday’s forum include depression signs and symptoms, myths about suicide, bullying, and social media’s impact on youth.