Blog posts with the tag "Suicide"

Staff Perspective: Eating Disorders and Suicide Risk

By Lisa French  on 21.09.2022 11:03 am
Dr. Lisa French

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. This month is dedicated to focusing awareness on training and resources specific to suicide prevention with the hope of decreasing stigma and increasing help-seeking behavior. When deciding what to write about, I wanted to focus on two areas that have really been pivotal in my clinical career path: eating disorders (EDs) and suicide prevention. Early in my graduate studies, my clinical focus was on the assessment and treatment of EDs.

Staff Perspective: Where’s the Parenting Manual Regarding Youth Suicide?

By Erin Frick  on 14.09.2022 12:23 pm

When I became a parent just over five years ago, I felt so untethered. Here I was a practicing mental health professional for 20 years and I was scrambling for information on “infant sleep” and “what to do if you’re struggling with breastfeeding.” Fast forward to the early school-age period, and I now anxiously seek out information on power struggles and managing tantrums. Apparently, knowing a lot about child development doesn’t actually prepare you when it’s your own child.

Staff Perspective - Call 988

By Elizabeth Parins  on 27.07.2022 10:12 am
Dr. Libby Parins

Since 1968 Americans have known to call 911 during emergencies to activate either the police, fire department, or emergency medical response. When my own house caught fire in late 2019, as I ran to find a garden hose in the dark, I yelled to my then 15 year old son, “call 911.” It’s a phrase so ingrained in our American psyche that we instinctively know to activate that response in our times of panic, fear, and need. But each year millions of 911 calls are made due to issues related to emotional distress or mental health problems for which police, fire, rescue, and EMS services are not always the optimal responders. 

By the Numbers: 18 July 2022

By Shirl Kennedy  on 18.07.2022 12:58 pm

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The number of cases of psychologist suicide between 2003–2018 identified by the "National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s data set of U.S. violent deaths," according to a recent article in the journal American Psychologist -- Suicides of psychologists and other health professionals: National Violent Death Reporting System data, 2003–2018.

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