9 - Bullying, mental health and teen suicide prevention with Jamie Weddle and Mandy Amano

The difference between "old school bullying" and our current culture of connectedness is that it can be a 24/7 problem. You can no longer go home to get away from people at school -- it follows you home.

Approximately 43 percent of kids say they have been victim to cyberbullying, according to stopbullying.gov, and 58 percent of them have not told their parents.

Jamie Weddle is a school counselor at Beverly Vista School and El Rodeo School, working with kids age K-8. Mandy Amano works with the Matthew Silverman Memorial Foundation (MSMF), which is dedicated to stopping student suicide through school-based mental health programs.

MSMF was started by Ron Silverman after losing his child, Matt, to suicide at age 18 -- and wants to ensure that no other child or family suffers through this pain.

Jamie and Mandy joined me on Olympic & Bundy for a conversation about many topics related to student bullying, mental health and suicide prevention.

"We can only fix what we can talk about."

If you experience suicidal thoughts, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1 (800) 273-8255 or text the Crisis Text Line at 741-741.

If you or someone you know needs to just talk to someone for support, perhaps another teen who understands, text "TEEN" to 839863 between 6 and 9 p.m. PST to speak with someone -- or call Teen Line at (310) 855-HOPE or (800) TLC-TEEN (nationwide toll-free) from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. PST.

If would like to make a donation in support of the Matthew Silverman Memorial Foundation and its work to prevent teen suicide, visit www.mattsfoundation.org/donate

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Thank you to Jamie, Mandy and the Matthew Silverman Memorial Foundation.

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