Aug 20, 2019 By: yunews
Daniel Pollack, professor at , examines the issues underlying the case of Michelle Carter texting Conrad Roy to kill himself, which he eventually did, in .
While he feels the First Amendment issues are important, Pollack wants to tease out from the event what constructive role might a public human services agency or child protective services (CPS) play in discouraging this macabre text taunting to suicide activity.
Agencies can:
- Evaluate the extent to which local patterns of suicide are following national trends
- Determine whether initiatives adopted elsewhere might be suitable in their locale
- Identify unique local risk factors and behaviors that may make suicides more likely
- Spearhead discussions and common misconceptions by underscoring that suicides are preventable
