Making the connection between economic impact of suicides and benefits of suicide prevention Health care decision makers have limited resources, so when presented with competing provider needs, ...
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Suicide and the holidays
We’ve heard the myth for years and years: the period of time between Thanksgiving and New Years is the most perilous for people struggling with suicidality. It’s such an ingrained “fact” that we ...
60 Minutes’ DENIED
“Was this a cry for help, or did you want to die?” Scott Pelley’s question was unsettling. The CBS 60 Minutes’ correspondent was interviewing a young woman with bipolar ...
Zero Suicide in action
Mandating clinical training in Utah Utah is dedicated to improving clinical assessment, treatment and management of suicide risk to reduce the incidence and prevalence of suicide deaths, attempts ...
Boosting understanding and intervention
New compendium of latest research advances science of suicidal behavior When Drs. Nadine Kaslow and Dorian Lamis took on the task of editing a 500-page volume on the latest science of suicidal ...
Interconnected
Risk for suicide is often intertwined with other issues. Here’s more about connections between factors that can place someone at risk. Suicide and underage drinking States that passed ...
PCPs in rural areas
More training is critical “The ability of primary care providers to identify suicidal patients and facilitate appropriate interventions may be one of the most important factors in any public ...
Policy and prevention
For three decades Wyoming has been one of the deadliest places in terms of deliberate, self-inflicted deaths. But today the state is taking aggressive action to counter suicide among its ...
Cyberbullying policy
Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act, 2008. Title II of the Broadband Data Improvement Act, passed by the U.S. Congress in Oct. 2008, and having a direct impact on classrooms nationwide. ...
Curbing violence
The school shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown has once again focused attention on how to make schools safe for students and staff. “There is an increasing sense of ...