TEEN SUICIDE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN
| Video Files | Audio Files |
| Breaking Trust (:30) Secret (:30) Secret (:60) Taking Action (:30) |
Track 1 (:30) Track 1 (:60) Track 2 (:30) Track 2 (:60) |
"Suicide Shouldn't Be a Secret" is the key theme of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's youth suicide prevention campaign. This new public service campaign is being aired by member stations in association with the Nebraska Broadcasters Association. These PSA's feature actual teenagers who have had a suicidal friend or have lost a friend to suicide. The message conveyed is that it is okay to break a friend's trust in order to get him or her help. Suicide is the third leading cause of death of young people aged 15-24 in the United States. Four thousand suicides occur each year in this age group alone, exacting an enormous toll on our families and communities. More youth die by suicide than from malignancies, congential abnormalities and infectious diseases combined, and these suicides are largely preventable.
Over 25,000 Public service spots are aired annually on NBA radio and television stations across the state of Nebraska, and over 400,000 spots have aired on NBA stations since the association started airing the PSA program in 1989.