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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #786 |
| Teen-Suicide Prevention: School-based Mental Health Screening |
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| Requester: |
Thomas M. Rozek, President & CEO |
Organization: |
Miami Children's Hospital |
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| Project Title: |
Teen-Suicide Prevention: School-based Mental Health Screening |
Date Submitted |
1/3/2008 12:11:28 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Rich |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| The project addresses the Florida Suicide Prevention Strategy to reduce the incidence of suicide in our state by one third by the end of 2010. |
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| Recipient: |
Miami Children's Hospital |
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Contact: |
Nancy Humbert |
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3100 SW 62 Avenue |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 662-8308 |
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Miami 33155 |
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Contact email: |
nancy.humbert@mch.com |
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| Counties: |
Miami-Dade |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| Miami Children�s Hospital (MCH) has been a provider of mental health services for children and adolescents for over 30 years. Approximately 850 children gain access to our inpatient services per year. Approximately 85% of psychiatry patients admitted to MCH present with suicide ideation or a suicide attempt. Approximately 98% of MCH psychiatric patients are at risk for suicide by nature of their having a mood disorder, history of a previous suicide attempt, or substance abuse. Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death in young people. Assessment using the Columbia University Teen Screen can detect many of the risk factors for suicide and lead to early intervention. This project will afford voluntary screenings for teens in the Miami-Dade County School system enabling 8,000 children and adolescents to be screened per year. Those identified by a positive assessment will receive a recommendation for a complete mental health evaluation. A school-based screening program does not currently exist in Miami-Dade County. The Program will also offer psycho-educational programs to the teachers and parents about mental health disorders in children and adolescents, e.g. anxiety, self-injury, depression, substance abuse, providing more individuals to assess the risk of students for possible suicide and to solicit psychiatric help... By educating those closest to the individual thinking of suicide, we may be able to help prevent suicides. Possible interventions to include group therapies will be offered to students as needed |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| # of students screened
# of positive screens for mental illness
# of referrals
#suicide rate-measured over 2-3 years
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$332,640 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$432,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
None |
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Cash Amount |
$ |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
Unknown |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death in teens. Florida has consistently had a higher suicide r |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Miami-Dade Legislative Delegation |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
