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New report shows 23% of Indiana girls struggle with suicidal ideation

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1 year ago

September 16, 2023

New report shows 23% of Indiana girls struggle with suicidal ideation

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A new report from the Girl Coalition of Indiana highlights a growing trend of an unprecedented mental health crisis for young people in the state.

The report was released in early September, ahead of National Suicide Prevention Week.

The Indiana Youth Survey specifically looked at young people in 7th-12th grades in 2022 and found that 23.3% of girls and 10.8% of boys in the state seriously considered attempting suicide. It also found 17.5% of girls and 8% of boys made a plan to attempt suicide.

The report says regarding mental health and suicide, “girls, especially teenage girls, are more likely to develop mental illnesses like depression and anxiety. Girls and boys process emotional stimuli differently and because girls typically undergo puberty and emotional maturity earlier than their male counterparts, they not only are placed at a higher risk of experiencing depression, but at earlier ages. This heightened risk applies to most girls, even without external factors such as bullying and trauma. When factors like bullying and trauma are present in girls’ lives, however, the risk and manifestation of mental health disorders, as many adolescents have yet to fully develop healthy coping methods and regulation while in high school. Trauma is often defined and perceived differently across cultures and fields of study.”

Dr. Danielle Henderson is a clinical psychologist at Indiana University and joined Weekend Daybreak to discuss the issue.

Henderson said from 2021 to 2022, more than 6,000 Indiana girls in high school not just considered suicide, but began to consider a plan. Henderson says a contributing factor in these cases was bullying. She also stresses the importance of mental health and familial support.

“We have some children and adolescents who are not doing well, who are struggling, who are having some really serious and significant mental health concerns. And so, I think, those of us who are adults and who are around kids and adolescents, being aware of this and trying to be aware that their mental health is important, too. Young people (can go to) parents, but also support at school.

“We do hope parents and caregivers can be kind of like that first place of support, but we’ve all been kids and teenagers and sometimes, there’s some things we can’t talk to our parents about, or we just don’t feel comfortable.

“Hopefully your school has a counselor or there’s a teacher that you’ve developed a great relationship with – a coach, a parent of one of your closest friends, someone in your community, and a support network who you can talk to about how you’re feeling,” Henderson said.

According to the survey girls in Indiana report higher rates of bullying – in particular cyberbullying. 22.1% of girls reported being cyber-bullied, which is nearly double the rate of traditional bullying and triple the rate of cyberbullying amongst boys.

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Dangerous cold across central Indiana Tuesday night

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6 hours ago

January 14, 2025

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Dangerous cold across central Indiana Tuesday night

Below-zero temperatures are in the forecast Tuesday night, so protect your family, home and pets. But there is a day in the 40s in the seven-day forecast.

INDIANAPOLIS — Dangerous cold is in the forecast overnight with lows going below zero and wind chills near -15 into Wednesday morning.

Forecast

Tonight: Clear and very cold — Lows minus-10 to 0 degrees.

Wednesday: Sunny and cold — Highs 15-20 degrees.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy with a few flurries and snow showers — Highs in the lower 30s.

Friday: Some sun, more mild with highs near 40 degrees.

Remember your home, family and pets need extra attention when it gets this cold. School delays are possible early Wednesday.

You will need all of the layers on Wednesday. It will be sunny, but it will be cold with highs in the teens.

We are tracking a gradual warming trend for later this week and the start of the weekend. Forecast highs are in the lower 30s on Thursday. A few flurries and snow showers are possible on Thursday, too.

The big weather story on Friday is forecast highs near 40 degrees. Friday will also be a dry day.

Our next weather system arrives Friday night and brings rain and snow chances.

More cold air is in the forecast for early next week.

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Chicago weather forecast: Light snow coats city, NW Indiana on Tuesday

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14 hours ago

January 14, 2025

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Chicago weather forecast: Light snow coats city, NW Indiana on Tuesday

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Tuesday, January 14, 2025 3:02PM

Light snow coats I-80 in NW Indiana | VIDEO

Video captured by ABC7 shows drivers slowly moving down I-80 in Indiana as snow coated the corridor.

CHICAGO (WLS) — Light snow coated the Chicago area and Northwest Indiana on Tuesday.

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ABC7 meteorologist Tracy Butler said the snow would be an inconvenience during the morning rush.

However, the snow was forecasted to clear out by midday in the Chicago area.

Snow could linger in NW Indiana until 10 a.m.

Butler said the highest total seen by 9 a.m. was two inches.

Some areas in Indiana could see up to three inches by the time the front passes through.

Video captured by ABC7 shows drivers slowly moving down I-80 in Indiana as snow coated the corridor.

As the snow winds down, temperatures are likely to drop a bit and so will the wind chills, Butler said.

Illinois State Police said they are on the Emergency Snow Plan,

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US man charged with stalking WNBA and Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark

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21 hours ago

January 14, 2025

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US man charged with stalking WNBA and Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark

Clark told police she feared for her safety and had altered her appearance in public after receiving the messages on X.

Police in the US state of Indianapolis have charged a man from Texas with a felony for stalking Women’s NBA superstar Caitlin Clark.

Michael Thomas Lewis is accused of repeated and continued harassment of the 22-year-old Clark beginning on December 16, the Marion County prosecutor’s office wrote in a court filing on Saturday. Jail records show Lewis is due in court on Tuesday.

Lewis posted numerous messages on Clark’s X account, according to an affidavit from a Marion County sheriff’s lieutenant.

In one, he said he had been driving by the Gainbridge Fieldhouse – one of the arenas where the Fever play home games – three times a day, and in another, he said he had “one foot on a banana peel and the other on a stalking charge”. Other messages directed at Clark were sexually explicit.

The posts “actually caused Caitlin Clark to feel terrorised, frightened, intimidated, or threatened” and an implicit or explicit threat also was made “with the intent to place Caitlin Clark in reasonable fear of sexual battery,” prosecutors wrote in the Marion County Superior Court filing.

Lewis could face up to six years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted.

The FBI learned that the X account belonged to Lewis and that the messages were sent from IP addresses associated with an Indianapolis hotel and a downtown public library.

Indianapolis police spoke with Lewis on January 8 at his hotel room. He told officers he was in Indianapolis on vacation. When asked why he was making so many posts about Clark, Lewis replied: “Just the same reason everybody makes posts,” according to court documents.

He told police that he did not mean any harm and that he fantasised about being in a relationship with Clark.

“It’s an imagination, fantasy type thing and it’s a joke, and it’s nothing to do with threatening,” he told police, according to the court documents.

In asking the court for a higher than standard bond, the prosecutor’s office said Lewis travelled from his home in Texas to Indianapolis “with the intent to be in close proximity to the victim”.

The prosecutor’s office also sought a stay-away order as a specific condition if Lewis is released from jail before trial. Prosecutors requested that Lewis be ordered to stay away from the Gainbridge and Hinkle fieldhouses where the Fever play home games.

Responding to the threats, Clark told police she feared for her safety and had altered her appearance in public.

“It takes a lot of courage for women to come forward in these cases, which is why many don’t,” Marion County prosecutor Ryan Mears said, according to The Indianapolis Star.

“In doing so, the victim is setting an example for all women who deserve to live and work in Indy without the threat of sexual violence.”

Clark, 22, was the number one overall pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft after a celebrated career at Iowa. She earned All-Star and All-WNBA honours and was named the WNBA Rookie of the Year in the 2024 season.

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