At the end of last month, The Local Show began a four part series on suicide. We have received tremendous feedback on Part One.
Schedule for the remaining parts in the series:
Part Two: February 9, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
Part Three: February 16, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
Part Four: February 23, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
The entire series will be presented in a special edition of The Local Show on March 22, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. These segments will rebroadcast numerous times and will also be available online soon after the initial airings.
Here”s a look back at part one:
If you’d like to share your own experiences or information on resources, please comment below or send us an email at thelocalshow@kcpt.org.
There will be more cases of skin cancer diagnosed in the United States this year than all other cancers combined. Kansas and Missouri have two of the 10 highest state death rates from melanoma, according to a 2010 EPA study.
On this special edition of The Local Show, KCPT partners with the producers of the national public television documentary, More Than Skin Deep, to tell the story of skin cancer. During this one-hour special you’ll also have a chance to speak to area dermatologists in the KCPT phonebank to address your own medical concerns. And we’ll take your calls with a panel of medical experts live on the air.
At the end of last year, a series of high profile local suicides elevated the issue of depression and bi-polar disorder in our metro.
In October, John McClure, the gregarious young executive chef and owner of Starkers Restaurant took his own life.
He struggled privately for years. Starting this week on The Local Show, we begin a four-part series from KCPT producer Sandy Woodson that tracks the issues surrounding suicide awareness and depression, the impact on survivors and the importance of early intervention.
When we were putting this series together, we were cautioned about the language we used in setting up these video pieces. We received this memo from the experts we worked with: “Please if you can stay away from saying someone “committed suicide” there is recognition that “commit” is stigmatizing. We think of “commit a crime” and suicide is not a crime. It is an act to end a life of unbearable pain. More sensitive language: “the person died by suicide” or “the person died of suicide.” We’ll remember this memo in all of our coverage from now on. You can see part two of our four part series on suicide and depression on The Local Show on February 9.
A reminder that the national suicide prevention line is 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
This special edition of The Local Show will offer the four‐part series on suicide in its entirety.
With reports and interviews, Episode One illustrates the Kansas City connection to the issue of lives of unbearable pain.
Episode Two deals with depression, which is what Kansas City psychologist Dr. Linda Moore states is the initial symptom experienced by so many, and how to recognize symptoms of depression early.
What to do when someone you know is considering suicide is thoroughly discussed in Episode Three.
Learning to cope after the suicide of a friend or family member leaves one asking, “What could I have done?” Episode Four discusses the devastating loss of those left behind and how individuals and support groups can be beneficial.
Overwhelming positive feedback from the initial showing of the series has resulted in this special edition which will be rebroadcast additional times and will soon be available online.
Here is a look at just a few of the comments we have received:
“My name is Martha Stevens; I live in Manhattan,Kansas. On March 18th, 2007, I lost my beloved 12-year-old son, Ian, to hanging. I am a moderator to the online support group, Parents of Suicides. I have just watched part 4 of your series on suicide and I need to tell you that I am flabbergasted by its excellence. Well done, well done, WELL DONE-and I thank you, both for myself, and the huge population of the grieving. Well done.”
“I recently had the opportunity to view the first of a 4 part series you are doing on suicide. I want to thank you for being so brave, so compassionate and for educating people about suicide which is epidemic. The news reporter who spoke of his coworker who had died by suicide was so honest and moving. He did not hide or sugar coat anything.
My beloved son died by suicide on August 21, 2010, two weeks before his 30th birthday. It was the worst day of my life and I will never be the same. I belong to a yahoo group called Parents of Suicide which has been an incredible support and help. That is where the link was posted. I live in BC Canada and have forwarded the link to others I know whose lives have been forever altered by the suicide of a loved one.
I am very grateful to you for taking on this subject and I hope other PBS stations pick it up and air it as well.”
“Someone sent me a link to the recent show you ran on suicide. The 10 minute report apparently was the first of 4 shows in a series to be aired. I thought the show was excellent, very well done. I appreciated the honesty of the reporter who talked about his co-worker Don and how his suicide affected him, and the fact that the show addressed the stigma that goes with getting help-and the flawed terminology of ‘committing suicide.” Please let the people who were on this show know that this segment was seen-not just by people in Kansas, but by people all over the world, because the show was so well done. I facilitate the world’s largest English speaking Internet community for people who have lost someone to suicide, and international community of around 1000 people. I passed the link on to everyone, expecting that some of them will take time to watch it, too. I live in Tennessee, but the link was shared with me by Martha Stevens, who lives in Manhattan, Kansas. (Her 12 year old son Ian took his life a few years ago.) Thanks so much.
Karyl”
If you’d like to share your own experiences or information on resources, please comment below or send us an email at thelocalshow@kcpt.org.
We’ve been tracking the issue of suicide on The Local Show over the past few weeks. This week, we conclude our four part series by examining how those left behind after a devastating loss from suicide learn to cope.
The entire series will be presented in a special edition of The Local Show on March 22, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. These segments will rebroadcast numerous times and will also be available online soon after the initial airings.
Here’s a look back at the first three parts of the series:
If you’d like to share your own experiences or information on resources, please comment below or send us an email at thelocalshow@kcpt.org.
A series of high profile local suicides has elevated the issue of depression and bi-polar disorder in our metro. Over the last several weeks we’ve been tackling the subject head on. Tonight, in part three of of our four part series, producer Sandy Woodson examines what to do when you someone you know is considering suicide.
We conclude our series next week when we look at the aftermath of suicide on the family members left behind. The final segment in this series will air on Febrary 23, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. The entire series will be presented in a special edition of The Local Show on March 22, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. These segments will rebroadcast numerous times and will also be available online soon after the initial airings.
Here’s a look back at the first two parts of the series:
If you’d like to share your own experiences or information on resources, please comment below or send us an email at thelocalshow@kcpt.org.
After a series of high profile local suicides, KCPT decided to examine the topic more closely. In part two of our series, we take a step back and look at the first symptom so many experience…depression. Kansas City Psychologist Dr. Linda Moore believes one way to prevent suicide is by catching depression early.
Meditation is featured as method for handling stress. Unity Temple, starting March 1st, will have a thirty-minute meditation every day at 12:10 and 5:30 pm, 365 days a year.
The third in our four-part series on suicide and depression continues next week on The Local Show as we ask how you can help someone who is seriously considering suicide.
Schedule for the remaining parts in the series:
Part Three: February 16, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
Part Four: February 23, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
The entire series will be presented in a special edition of The Local Show on March 22, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. These segments will rebroadcast numerous times and will also be available online soon after the initial airings.
Here’s a look back at part one:
If you’d like to share your own experiences or information on resources, please comment below or send us an email at thelocalshow@kcpt.org.
We are all becoming increasing aware of the crippling impact of Alzheimer’s disease, but what if you could double your chances of maintaining a healthy brain for the rest of your life by following a few common-sense lifestyle suggestions? Researchers at the KU Alzheimer’s Disease Center, one of just 29 National Institute of Aging designated Alzheimer’s Centers in the country, are receiving international attention for a radical new way of thinking about the memory ravaging condition.
KU scientists are exploring the big difference that simple diet and exercise can make in how well your brain ages. Did you know that 90 percent of what’s now known about Alzheimer’s disease has been discovered in the last 15-years? Doctors at KU Alzheimer’s Disease Center are always looking for volunteers to help them conduct research. Adults of any age with Alzheimer’s Disease or Mild Cognitive impairment, as well as all healthy adults without memory problems ages 60-and-over are eligible.
Also, you can wear your favorite hat, watch the run for the roses and help the Kansas University Alzheimer’s Disease Center raise money all at the same time this Saturday in downtown Kansas City. The Derbyfest runs from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Maker’s Mark in the Power and Light District. Tickets cost $35 apiece, and walk-ups are welcome.
All proceeds from the 2013 Kentucky Derby Fest will stay right here in Kansas City to help find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
The term “life sciences” gets thrown around a lot these days. It is even a big part of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce’s Big 5. But what does it mean exactly? It is a concept that can be hard to understand, and sometimes quite complicated.
Life science is a multi-billion dollar industry in Kansas City, and it includes over 240 companies involved in the health of humans, animals and plants. One of these local life sciences organizations is the venerable Stowers Institute for Medical Research, which opened in 2000 with much fanfare on the site of the former Menorah Medical Center and was endowed with a jaw-dropping gift of $2 billion from the founder of American Century investments, Jim Stowers and his wife, Virginia.
Over the last decade, the Stowers Institute, located just off the Country Club Plaza, has attracted some of the world’s finest medical researchers to Kansas City to analyze our society’s most debilitating diseases and the keys to their causes. But after 13 years and such a large endowment, what kind of specific research and developments are actually taking place inside the Institute? Producer Pam James visits this center for life science research and discovery to show viewers what the Stowers Institute is all about.
A new residency rule is shaking up their top staff. About 60 principals, assistant principals and other Independence School District administrators who live outside the district are now going to have to start house hunting.
A policy just passed by the school board forces administrators to live in the district by February 2015. The idea was insisted upon by superintendent Dr Jim Hinson. But why?
It is just one of the headline grabbing stories that has put Hinson in the news of late. He’s also seen himself on the Today Show and Good Morning America in the last several weeks as the district opts to enroll more than a dozen of its most obese students in a 28 thousand dollar a semester weight loss camp in South Carolina.
Dr. Hinson sat down with Nick Haines on The Local Show.
