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The following data is presented strictly as an overview and as a set of general guidelines. If you or someone that you know is in crisis, please consult a medical professional immediately. Call 1-800-841-1255 to speak to someone at the 24-hour crisis hotline, or CLICK HERE for a list of alternative hotline numbers listed by city/county.
Pick With Austin is more than just an organization that collects donations of guitars and then presents to children and to teens. The guitars, musical equipment and instruments that we give away are definitely the most visible part of our foundation, but they are more the hook to draw the interest into the larger picture.
The larger picture is our primary mission, which is to help develop and educate an awareness of youth and teen depression and suicide. We do this to stengthen the understanding in his epedimic, which ranks as the third leading cause of death, behind accidents and homicide, of young people. Our aim is to educate parents, relatives, and peers as to warning signs, as well as to ways to manage or treat signs of depression in youth.
Our programs are designed to help keep the awareness of this problem in the spotlight and so that no parent will ever have to face the nightmare that is the loss of their own child.
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Addressing Crisis When facing potential crisis, talk to someone. Sit down with a parent or a friend. Schedule time to speak with a councelor at school. Go to your church or mentor at your local youth group. If all else fails, call a crisis hotline and ask for assistance. Pick With Austin acts is a resource to help bring an awareness of the dangers of depression and suicide, but we are not a mental health or medical facility. Our awareness programs consist of our sharing real life experiences from a consumer point of view. We do not aim to use Pick With Austin to replace professional medical treatment. Because we believe strongly in addressing depression and related crisis situations with professional care and treatment, we have partnered with the Bluebonnet Trails MHMR. We encouarge anyone reading who feels they are facing a crisis situation to contact Bluebonnet directly, or their own local similar mental health care facility.
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