Teenage Suicide Forum

WESTPORT — David Shaffer, MD, an internationally recognized authority on the causes, treatment, and prevention of teenage depression and suicide, will present a free public lecture on Thursday, February 3, from 7:30 to 9 pm at Toquet Hall, 58 Post Road East.

Dr Shaffer’s appearance is part of an on-going monthly community lecture series facilitated by the staff of Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Sciences of Westport as a public service. This lecture is co-sponsored by Positive Youth Directions and the Westport Public Schools.

The National Mental Health Association lists suicide as the third leading cause of death for 15- to 24-year-olds, and the sixth for 5- to 14-year-olds.

Dr Shaffer is the Irving Philips Professor of Child Psychiatry at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Child Psychiatry Division chief of the New York State Psychiatric Institute.