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Copper Canyon AcademyCOPPER CANYON ACADMEY is an all girls school in Rimrock, Arizona. COPPER CANYON ACADEMY offers an extremely comprehensive therapeutic program for girls and their families through individual, group, and animal therapy. There are also parent seminars and family workshops. All of the therapists who work with the teenage girls and their families at COPPER CANYON ACADEMY are licensed by the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Services.



Utah Researchers Discovering Genetic Component in Suicide

Can you inherit genes that put you at risk for suicide? A longitudinal study from the University of Utah finds that certain genes may indeed occur more often among suicide victims in different generations of the same family.

Researchers have been collecting DNA samples of people who committed suicide since 1996. So far, they have about 700 vials of blood samples.

Among their findings are that two-thirds of the teens who committed suicide had experience in the juvenile court system, and many had recently stopped taking prescription drugs for depression and mental illness. Committing suicide is linked to depression and aggression.

"Certain genes are showing up more than you would expect," according to Douglas Gray, a suicidologist and associate professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Utah. Gray and his colleagues are hoping to produce a database of information that will help people understand their risk for suicide so that they can take the necessary measures to lower their risk.

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