Empower Parents
BEN'S PLACE HOTLINE
585-565-4888
If you or someone near you is experiencing a mental health emergency:
Call 911 for Emergency Services to Respond to Your Location
Call 988 to Speak with a National Mental Health Crisis Hotline Operator
If in Monroe County, NY, call 585-275-8686 ​to Speak with a Local Emergency Mental Health Provider
Our Mission
CSD Ben’s Place is a non-profit organization formed for the purpose of assisting families to navigate the challenges of childhood mental illness. For the Ben’s Place Board, we think of the mission as “helping parents save their kids and themselves from unthinkable loss and sorrow.”​​
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IF WE CAN SAVE JUST ONE
Statistics
1 in 5
Children ages
3-17 have a diagnosed mental, emotional, or behavioral health condition.
Many children & adolescents with diagnosable conditions are not receiving treatment or counseling by mental health professionals.
Suicide rate rose from around 3.7 per 100,000 to about 6.3 per 100,000 from 2008 to 2020.
#2
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for people ages
10-34.
~40%
Of U.S. high school students reported persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness in the past year.
~20%
Of U.S. high school students seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year.
~16%
Of U.S. high school students made a suicide plan in the past year.
~9%
Of U.S. high school students reported actually attempting suicide in the past year.