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Suicide affects people of all backgrounds. Although the prevalence of mental health disorders and rates of suicide increase as children grow older, even young children express thoughts of suicide and have died by suicide. However, there is hope.
Methods Core
This group addresses methodological and statistical challenges that impede progress toward effectively reducing the youth suicide rate. The overall goal of the MC is to strengthen the rigor, quality, and implementation success of the research projects within ASPIRES while simultaneously developing
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Youth suicide is a serious health issue. However, there is hope. Suicide is preventable. We study ways to identify youth and adolescents who are at risk for suicide and provide them with the help they need where and when they need it.
Community Advisory Board
The Community Advisory Board was formed to advise the center, assess progress and accomplishments, and help strategize. The Community Advisory Board will be comprised of a diverse group of key stakeholders to bring distinct viewpoints relevant to enhancing practice-based suicide prevention
Scientific Advisory Board
Edwin Boudreaux, PhD Dr. Boudreaux is a clinical psychologist and Professor in the departments of Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry, and Population and Quantitative Health Sciences at UMass Chan Medical School.
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Endoscopic Ultrasound
When a child has pain or disease in the digestive tract, an ultrasound camera on the end of a tiny tube can be fed through the mouth to create high-quality images of the problem from the inside of the body.
Diagnostic Procedures
The moments surrounding your child's diagnosis can be a stressful and confusing time. We have provided definitions of our most common diagnostic procedures with links to more detailed resources.
Animation Library
The Heart Center has created a number of educational animations to help our patients understand their heart conditions and the procedures we perform to treat them.
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Heart Month
February is dedicated to increasing awareness for conditions that effect hearts of all sizes, both congenital and acquired heart disease and defects.
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Social Workers
At The Heart Center social workers are included in the interdisciplinary health care team. The social worker’s role is to assist families with the social, emotional and financial issues of having a family member with a heart condition.