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The Netflix original series “13 Reasons Why” has been a popular topic of conversation among adolescents, teens, and their parents all over social media since its premier on March 31. The show is based on the novel of the same name by Jay Asher, which tells the story of Clay Jenson and his experience in discovering why his friend and crush, Hannah Baker, ended her life by suicide.
The series has been praised by some for raising the issue of teenage suicide and providing a starting point for parents and children to have some important conversations. In contrast, it has been criticized by some mental health advocates and groups that it may glamorize “revenge suicide” and does not address the mental health component that is present in 90% of suicides.
Minding Your Mind’s Melissa Harrison, MA, LPC, founder of The Center for Hope and Health in Ardmore, PA, participated in a segment on Fox29 Good Day that discussed the program and spoke to the topic at hand. Please use the link below to watch:
4.19.17 Melissa Harrison on Fox29 Good Day discussing “13 Reasons Why”
Our friends at the Jed Foundation and SAVE have put together important talking points that you can use to support these discussions. Please follow this link to review them, as well as download and print to keep on hand:
https://www.jedfoundation.org/13-reasons-why-talking-points/
It is Minding Your Mind’s mission to provide educational programs that will spark conversations about mental health. It is our hope that within the dialogue taking place as a result of this program the message that nobody is alone and there is help available is one that people make a priority in these discussions.