FEATURE: College students called on to help prevent suicides among young

At a time when suicide rates remain high among young people in Japan, some college students are coming together to learn what they can do to detect the telltale signs of a friend in trouble and become suicide prevention guardians.The painful experiences young people sometimes go through that may lead to suicide, the methods of dealing with trauma and the support that can be provided to a person to help give them reasons to live are among the subjects taught at the Nara University psychology department in western Japan.Sociology professor Jin Ota, 68, teaches the seminar to the students out …READ FULL ARTICLE