Staff Perspective: Suicide Awareness Month
September is Suicide Prevention Month. This is a very important topic that touches many individuals around the world. In addition to our existing resources on suicide prevention, we will be have a series of blogs on the topic this month. Come back to check them out all month long! This month's CDP Presents webinar will be on "Key Elements for the Effective Management and Resolution of Suicidality." This 90-minute presentation will offer evidence-based solutions to the management and treatment of suicidality, as well as clinical maxims from 25 years of treating suicidal individuals.
We invite you to explore the resources below and learn more about some of what the CDP has to offer on the topic.
Infographics:
Risk Factors
Safety Planning
Myths & Facts
Suicide Rates
Blogs:
Previous blog entries
- A Conversation About Suicide by Libby Parins
- Why...Why...Why? - Why Are Rates of Suicide in the National Guard So High? by Erin Frick
- Means Safety - Does It Make a Difference? by Sharon Birman
- Suicide Prevention: A Commitment to Stay Informed by April Thompson
- The Chaplains-CARE Program: Preparing Navy Chaplains to Better Serve At-Risk Service Members by Lisa French
- An Afterward to "The Hilliest Course I Ever Ran" by Carin Lefkowitz
- A Review of 'Beginning to Heal" by Augusto Ruiz'
Committed...Succeeding...Failed: Shifting How We Talk About Suicide by Erin Frick- Uniting for Suicide Post-Vention by Lisa French and Sarra Nazem
- The Role of Social Media in Sucide Prevention by Sharon Birman
- Counting the Previously Uncounted: Military Spouses and Suicide April Thompson
CDP Presents Webinars:
In addition to the new webinar this month (Key Elements for the Effective Management and Resolution of Suicidality), we have several relevant recordings of previous webinars available. Click below to watch any of the 90-minute presentations.
- Firearms and Suicide - What Do We Know and What Can We Do?
- Suicide Prevention - The Lost Art of Case Conceptualization
- Lethal Means Safety Counseling to Reduce Risk
- Achieving the Promise of Suicidality Intervention
- Suicide Prevention for Veterans with Other than Honorable Discharges
- Means Restriction and Talking to Suicidal Veterans About Firearms
- Suicide Risk Assessment
- Veteran Suicide Data and Prevention Programs
- The Safety Planning Intervention for Reducing Suicide Risk
September is Suicide Prevention Month. This is a very important topic that touches many individuals around the world. In addition to our existing resources on suicide prevention, we will be have a series of blogs on the topic this month. Come back to check them out all month long! This month's CDP Presents webinar will be on "Key Elements for the Effective Management and Resolution of Suicidality." This 90-minute presentation will offer evidence-based solutions to the management and treatment of suicidality, as well as clinical maxims from 25 years of treating suicidal individuals.
We invite you to explore the resources below and learn more about some of what the CDP has to offer on the topic.
Infographics:
| Risk Factors | Safety Planning | Myths & Facts | Suicide Rates |
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Blogs:
Previous blog entries
- A Conversation About Suicide by Libby Parins
- Why...Why...Why? - Why Are Rates of Suicide in the National Guard So High? by Erin Frick
- Means Safety - Does It Make a Difference? by Sharon Birman
- Suicide Prevention: A Commitment to Stay Informed by April Thompson
- The Chaplains-CARE Program: Preparing Navy Chaplains to Better Serve At-Risk Service Members by Lisa French
- An Afterward to "The Hilliest Course I Ever Ran" by Carin Lefkowitz
- A Review of 'Beginning to Heal" by Augusto Ruiz'
Committed...Succeeding...Failed: Shifting How We Talk About Suicide by Erin Frick- Uniting for Suicide Post-Vention by Lisa French and Sarra Nazem
- The Role of Social Media in Sucide Prevention by Sharon Birman
- Counting the Previously Uncounted: Military Spouses and Suicide April Thompson
CDP Presents Webinars:
In addition to the new webinar this month (Key Elements for the Effective Management and Resolution of Suicidality), we have several relevant recordings of previous webinars available. Click below to watch any of the 90-minute presentations.
- Firearms and Suicide - What Do We Know and What Can We Do?
- Suicide Prevention - The Lost Art of Case Conceptualization
- Lethal Means Safety Counseling to Reduce Risk
- Achieving the Promise of Suicidality Intervention
- Suicide Prevention for Veterans with Other than Honorable Discharges
- Means Restriction and Talking to Suicidal Veterans About Firearms
- Suicide Risk Assessment
- Veteran Suicide Data and Prevention Programs
- The Safety Planning Intervention for Reducing Suicide Risk