Minneapolis: In-school mental health classes needed to fight national "suicide epidemic"

June 8, 2018, KSTP-TV, Minneapolis: Expert: Mental Health Classes in Schools Could Help Address Nationwide Suicide Epidemic http://kstp.com/medical/expert-mental-health-classes-in-schools-could-help-address-nationwide-suicide-epidemic/4942664/?cat=11854 …"It's happening at a pace where it's hard to even study and understand the factors that go into it," said Dr. Kaz Nelson. Nelson is the vice chair for education in the University of Minnesota Department of Psychiatry. She believes, as suicide rates rise, there's no reason states shouldn't start implementing mandated curriculum around mental health. "Emotional self-management classes in school (to address) what do you do to tolerate distress? How do you regulate emotions skillfully? How do you interact with others in a way that fosters healthy relationships? All of these skills, not everybody has," Nelson said. "The stakes are very high with this. Even higher than knowing calculus or not."…