The Latest Suicide Prevention News
Read the latest stories about Teen Lifeline and our ongoing commitment to prevent teen suicide in Arizona.
Help is Just a Phone Call Away–Teen Lifeline Saves Lives
AZ Family | February 2025
The pressures from school, dating, friends, family, social media, etc., sure make being a teenage difficult. Even after the pandemic, more and more teens have been dealing with thoughts of suicide and parents or loved ones, more often than not, have a hard time understanding and looking out for the warning signs that suicide might be looming inside a teen’s mind. That is where Teen Lifeline comes to help combat this ongoing issue with their provided hotline being accessible via phone or text message.
Lessons in Healthy Relationships
Arizona Parenting Magazine | February 2025
The month of February is associated with all things love because of Valentine’s Day. It is also the perfect time for parents and loved ones to teach teens about expressing their love not only in romantic ways, but through platonic and familial ways, with empathy, forgiveness and respect.
How a Teen Hotline is Helping Prevent Suicide Among Arizona’s Youth
AZ Family | January 2025
Nikki Kontz, a Teen Lifeline dispatcher, talks about how to look for warning signs of suicide in teens. Sam Turrigiano, a young valley teen, who dealt with thoughts of suicide during the pandemic, thanks Kontz for being on the other line when he called and now works as a peer counselor to return the favor to help prevent suicide in teens and young adults.
Making 12 Months of Memories: Connecting with Your Child in 2025
Arizona Parenting Magazine | January 2025
2025 is a new year and how to start the new year is by having parents strengthen their bond with their teens through various activities planned out month by month. Studies show that teens are less likely to engage in risky behaviors when they are connected emotionally and socially with their parents.
Previous Highlights
December:
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July:
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May:
April:
March:
February:
- In the Community With Susan Casper: Teen Lifeline answers the call when teens need it most | Newsbreak
- Help is just a phone call away: Teen Lifeline saves lives | AZ Family
- Lessons in Healthy Relationships | AZ Family Magazine
January:
- How a teen hotline is helping prevent suicide among Arizona’s youth | AZ Family
- Making 12 Months of Memories: Connecting with Your Child in 2025 | Arizona Parenting Magazine
December:
- Start The Tough Conversations Young: Talking About Suicide Can Save Children’s Lives | Arizona Parenting
- Trial points to culturally competent therapy as a way to improve suicide rates in Latino teens | Imperial Valley Press
- Glendale, Avondale teens win positivity contest | The Glendale Star
- Navigating Youth Mental Health: Challenges and Support During the Holidays and End-of-Semester Pressures | Raising Arizona Kids
- Culturally competent therapy could improve suicide rates in Latino teens | Pinal Central
- Trial points to culturally competent therapy as a way to improve suicide rates in Latino teens | Cronkite News
- Glendale high school wins Messages of Hope contest to help peers in need | Daily Independent
- Peoria teenager takes third place in Teen Lifeline license plate design contest | Peoria Independent
November:
- Generation Now | Arizona Parenting Magazine
October:
- Arizona high school rivals team up to fight teen suicide in video campaign | KTAR News
- Bullying 101: Your Guide to Reducing Bullying | Arizona Parenting Magazine
September:
- Chandler student-athletes helping prevent suicide | Chandler Independent
- Local high school rivals join together to prevent teen suicide in Messages of Hope video campaign | Queen Creek Sun Times
- Students create Messages of Hope to combat teen suicide | Ahwatukee Foothills News
- Valley students join together to prevent teen suicide in Messages of Hope Video campaign | Mesa Independent
- Peoria students join together to prevent teen suicide in Messages of Hope Video campaign | Peoria Independent
- Students create Messages of Hope to combat teen suicide | The Tempe Tribune
- Teen Suicide Prevention Awareness Month | 12 News
- Start the Tough Conversations Young | Arizona Parenting Magazine
August:
- Keeping tweens, teens safe on social media | The Mesa Tribune
- Keeping tweens, teens safe on social media | The Tempe Tribune
- For Teens, Breaking Up is Hard to Do | Raising Arizona Kids
- Tweens calling local Teen Lifeline’s crisis hotline increasing due to social media | Queen Creek Sun Tribune
- Keeping tweens, teens safe on social media | Scottsdale Progress
- Keeping tweens, teens safe on social media | Gilbert Sun News
- Keeping tweens, teens safe on social media | Queen Creek Tribune
- Keeping tweens, teens safe on social media | The Chandler Arizonan
- Friendship 101: Tips for Helping Your Child Make and Keep Good Friends | Arizona Parenting Magazine
July:
- Pre-teens calling Teen Lifeline Crisis Hotline in increasing numbers about social media | City Sun Times
- Puppy Love: Nurturing Healthy and Age-Appropriate Relationships for Kids | Arizona Parenting Magazine
June:
- Is My Teen Normal | Arizona Parenting Magazine
May:
- As Mental Health Awareness Month Concludes, An Essential Guide to Lifeline Resources and Hotlines |Hoodline
- Teen Lifeline calling for Arizona teens to enter specialty license plate design contest by June 2 | City Sun Times
- Teen Lifeline calling for Arizona teens to enter specialty license plate design contest by June 2 | Queen Creek Sun Times
- 7 Ways to Improve Your Relationship with Your Teen | Raising Kids Arizona
- El Mirage Echoes Urgent Need for Mental Health Support With 24/7 Lifelines | Hoodline
- A Savvy Guide for Teaching Kids About Social Media | Arizona Parenting Magazine
April:
- Teen Lifeline Urges Arizonans to Call or Text a Teen on National Telephone Day | Queen Creek Sun Times
- Teen Lifeline Urges Arizonans to Call or Text a Teen on National Telephone Day | City Sun Times
- Teen Lifeline Urges Arizonans to Call or Text a Teen on National Telephone Day | Signals AZ
- When kids are hurting, it’s important to act | The Arizona Republic
- Help can be a text or call away | North Central News
- Can You Hear Me Now? Improve Your Connection with Your Child on National Telephone Day | Arizona Parenting Magazine
March:
- A simple ‘hello’ could save a life | Tempe Wrangler News
- Appreciate a teen on National Teenager Day, March 21 | Queen Creek Sun Times
- Appreciate a Teen on National Teenager Day | Signals
- Appreciate a teen on National Teenager Day | City Sun News
- Qualified Charitable Organizations | Good Deeds Guide
- LGBTQ+ youth face increased risk for suicide & barriers to accessing mental health care | Cronkite News
- Spring Stress? Spring is the Most Stressful Time of the Year for Kids | Arizona Parenting Magazine
February:
- Phoenix continues outreach to struggling teens during Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month | Cronkite News
- Phoenix continues outreach to struggling teens during Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month | Cronkite News
- Ease Struggles for Neurodivergent Kids | Arizona Parenting Magazine
January:
- Resilient Family Resolutions 2024 | Arizona Parenting Magazine
December:
- Thoughtful Gifts for Tweens & Teens | Arizona Parenting Magazine
November:
- Desert Vista High School community grieves death of sophomore student | ABC15 Arizona
- Navigating Your Teen’s Strong Emotions | Arizona Parenting Magazine
- A Teen’s Perspective | Arizona Parenting Magazine
October:
September:
- East Valley athletes team up for teen suicide prevention | East Valley Tribune
- EV athletes team up for teen suicide prevention | Queen Creek Tribune
- EV athletes team up for teen suicide prevention | Gilbert Tribune
- Arizona high school athletes promote suicide awareness message to their peers | Arizona Republic
- Scottsdale athletes join suicide prevention effort | Scottsdale Progress
- Talking key to suicide prevention | Daily Independent
August:
July:
- Grant addresses students’ mental health issues | Arizona Capitol Times
- Peer-to-peer program supports Arizona teens after suicide attempts | Arizona Republic
June:
- Teen Lifeline’s new program supports kids struggling with suicidal thoughts | KJZZ 91.5
- Teen Lifeline launches ‘Caring Contacts’ | The Daily Telegraph
- Teen Lifeline launches ‘Caring Contacts’ | FOX10 Phoenix
- Program helps Arizona teens connect with peers who are dealing with mental health crisis | KTAR News
April:
- Arizona youth suicides are up, and student group is trying to help | Arizona Republic
- Celebrate National Telephone Day with a Potentially Life Saving Call or Text to a Teen | North Phoenix News
- Celebrate National Telephone Day with a Potentially Life Saving Call or Text to a Teen | North Tatum Times
- Celebrate National Telephone Day with a Potentially Life Saving Call or Text to a Teen | Paradise Valley View
- Celebrate National Telephone Day with a Potentially Life Saving Call or Text to a Teen | Scottsdale North News
- Celebrate National Telephone Day with a Potentially Life Saving Call or Text to a Teen | The Scottsdale Standard
- Celebrate National Telephone Day with a Potentially Life Saving Call or Text to a Teen | The Upper Westsider
- Telephone Day is time to connect | North Central News (pg 35-36)
- Teen Lifeline (National Telephone Day) | Main Street
- Teen Lifeline (National Telephone Day) | Up The Hill
- Teen Lifeline (National Telephone Day) | Surprise Living
- Teen Lifeline (National Telephone Day) | The Park
- Teen Lifeline (National Telephone Day) | CB Living
- Teen Lifeline (National Telephone Day) | The Hamlet
- Teen Lifeline (National Telephone Day) | Viva Magazine
February:
- Nonprofit Teen Lifeline Accepts Crypto Donations | Greater Phoenix In Business Magazine
January:
- Tolleson High inspires hope with chain of messages | West Valley View
- Someone to Call | Gilbert City Lifestyle
- Bad Birdie golf apparel to donate proceeds to Teen Lifeline | Daily Independent
- 100+ Women Who Care help out Teen Lifeline | East Valley Tribune
- ALA-Queen Creek’s Will Curtis, other Arizona high school football players spearhead public service campaign to prevent teen suicide | Queen Creek Sun Times
- Línea de prevención del suicidio de Arizona ofrece ayuda bilingüe e inmediata | Univision Arizona
- Centennial football player spreads hope | Peoria Times
- Yuma Catholic High School participates in PSA campaign to prevent teen suicide | KYMA
- Desert Edge football players spread hope | West Valley View
- Wilcox’s Pando gets involved with Teen Suicide Prevention Awareness | Herald Review
- Players participate in prevention campaign | North Central News
- Local football players teaming up to raise awareness for suicide prevention | KGUN 9 Tucson
- Refuel Investee Spotlight – Teen Lifeline | Social Venture Partners Arizona
- Teen football players spread hope through campaign | Tucson Explorer
- ‘You are not alone’: Arizona athletes raising awareness for suicide prevention | Channel 12 News
- Arizona’s Teen Lifeline says calls have increased 50% since the pandemic began | 91.5 KJZZ
- Managing the Mind: Mental health resources across the Valley | ABC15
- Solutions Spotlight: Mental Health | Cronkite News
- Proposed bill aims to boost parental rights regarding student information | ABC15
- Ways to help children struggling with their mental health | ABC15
- Proposed bill aims to boost parental rights regarding student information | ABC15
- Ways to help children struggling with their mental health | ABC15
- Valley woman remembered for helping teens in need | ABC15
- Ayuda disponible para adolescentes que enfrentan una crisis de salud mental | Univision
- Nonprofit of the Month: Teen Lifeline | Fabulous Arizona
- Centennial’s Servin tackling suicide prevention | Peoria Times
- Gridiron stars helping to prevent suicides | The Glendale Star
- Gridiron stars helping to prevent suicides | West Valley Tribune
- Basha’s Cole Martin joins Teen Lifeline in suicide prevention initiative | East Valley Tribune
- Arizona high school football players tackle suicide prevention | 12 News
- Peoria student: You are not alone | Peoria Independent
- High school football players raising awareness to prevent teen suicide | KOLD News 13
- Local high school football players speak up on teen suicide prevention | KVOA News Tucson
- Arizona high school football players hope to prevent teen suicide with PSAs | KTAR News 92.3 FM
- High school athletes work together to prevent teen suicide | ABC15 Arizona
- At Teen Lifeline, Teens Provide a Lifeline To Their Peers! | Giving Back & Moving Forward
- Nonprofit Innovation Hub: Teen Lifeline answered the call for youth in need of support | ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Innovation
- Teen Lifeline receives $5K donation | Scottsdale Independent
- Governor Ducey Announces $550,000 From AZ Coronavirus Relief Fund To Support Mental Health Organizations | Office of the Arizona Governor
- Suicide hotline tags now required in schools | Arizona Public Media’s Arizona 360 Show
- Suicide hotline tags now required in schools | Ahwatukee Foothills News
- New law requires suicide hotline number on school ID cards | KOLD News 13
- Mercedes-Benz of Scottsdale Selects Teen Lifeline as its 10th Recipient of a $5,000 Donation | Arizona Foothills Magazine
- National Mental Health Awareness Month: Organizations Making a Difference | GreatNonprofits
- East Valley panel gives parents tools to help Arizona kids with mental health | Arizona’s Family
- Will the Kids Be All Right? | Raising Arizona Kids Magazine
- How saving lives with student IDs started with Paradise Valley Superintendent Dr. Troy Bales | Fox 10 News Phoenix
- Arizona student IDs to require suicide prevention phone number by July 1 | KTAR News 92.3 FM
- Watch Cronkite’s “Life Is…” Documentary on Youth Suicide in Arizona | Cronkite News
- At Teen Lifeline, teens help in ways only they can | Cronkite News
- Education, health officials concerned about the mental health of students | KOLD CBS 13
- Peer-run Teen Lifeline answers calls of despair with attitude of care | West Valley View
- En Foque Arizona: Por que no cuidamos nuestra salud mental? Un tabu entre los Latinos | Telemundo Arizona
- Suicide Prevention Week: Teens helping teens | KYMA NBC 11
- Valley high school football players make suicide prevention videos for peers | AZ Family
- Suicide hotline offers young people hope and a chance to talk with peers | Cronkite News
- Phoenix Stories 2020: Teen Lifeline | Phoenix Business Journal
- Quaran-teen: What is life like for LGBTQ+ youth at home during COVID-19 | Echo Magazine
- Five tips to cope with loneliness and isolation| Teen Strong AZ
- More teens calling Arizona hotline for help during Coronavirus crisis | KTAR 92.3 FM
- Teen Lifeline named Top-Rated Nonprofit | Arizona Business Magazine
- Connections of Hope raises $484k | Arizona RedBook
- Teens make a paper chain around Arizona State Capitol with messages of hope | KPNX NBC 12
- Thunderbirds Charities donates $100,000 to Teen Lifeline | Arizona Business Magazine
- Teen Lifeline earns GuideStar Platinum Seal of Transparency | Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits
- Phoenix hotline addresses rising suicide rates | Raising Arizona Kids
- Teen suicide prevention: Highlighting the warning signs | KNXV ABC 15
- Saving Lives! Teen Lifeline | KESZ 99.9 FM
- Every teen suicide is a tragedy; here’s what Arizona is doing to prevent more | The Arizona Republic
- Teen Lifeline…suicide is not the answer | Teen Strong AZ
- Arizona suicide hotline lets teens in crisis get help from other teens | KTAR 92.3 FM
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