Preventing Suicide - the National Journal - Online Edition

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Alive! Mental Health Fair dates:

09.06.11 - Gillette College
09.07.11 - Sheridan College

09.09.11 - Keuka College
09.22.11 - Viterbo University
09.26.11 - PSU-Mont-Alto
10.11.11 - PSU- Beaver
10.12.11 - PSU Greater Allegheny
10.13.11 - PSU DuBois
10.14.11 - Westmoreland County Community College
10.18.11 - Northeast Iowa Community College-Calmar
10.19.11 - Lincoln Land Community College
11.01.11 - North East Wisconsin Technical College

More information on the Alive! Mental Health Fair HERE.


January 2012

  • 1/20/2012 - 1/20/2012 8:30:00 AM MT
    safeTALK Suicide Alertness Training & GLBTQ Information Session

    Jefferson Center for Mental Health
    Jefferson Center for Mental Health 4851 Independence Street
    Wheat Ridge, CO

    This FREE training is open to anyone providing services to young adults ages 18-24 in Jefferson, Clear Creek, and Gilpin Counties, Colorado. In the safeTALK Suicide Alertness Training, you will be able to: -Understand how personal and community beliefs about suicide affect suicide stigma and safety -appreciate how the steps taught in safeTALK can be used to help prevent suicide -learn about ways to help protect, preserve and promote life in a suicide-safer community The GLBTQ Information Session is designed to inform and educate participants about the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning communities by utilizing information presentation, discussion, small group exercises, and experiential activities. Lunch will be provided RSVP: http://safetalkjan2012.eventbrite.com Questions: Heather Trish heathert@jcmh.org or 303-432-5265

    Event URL:
    http://safetalkjan2012.eventbrite.com

    Event Contact:
    Heather Trish
    303-432-5265

February 2012

  • 2/5/2007 - 2/5/2007
    Better Todays. Better Tomorrows.

    SAMHSA
    Holiday Inn
    Boise, ID

    Children's Mental Health Training
    8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Event Contact:
    Carol Schubach
    208-373-1799

  • 2/7/2007 - 2/9/2007
    Evidence-Based Interventions for Suicidal Persons

    Department of Veterans Affairs, Employee Education System
    Holiday Inn Denver City Center
    Denver, CO

    This regional conference will present up-to-date research findings on evidence-based interventions to prevent suicide. Presenters include national leaders in the areas of psychopharmacologic and psychosocial interventions for the management of high-risk individuals. Workgroup/workshops will focus on identification of specific needs and issues in dissemination and implementation of training within the VA and other community-based settings.
    Event Contact:
    Jan Kemp
    303-393-4650

  • 2/8/2007 - 2/9/2007
    Suicide Prevention Across Cultures: Our Journey Forward

    National Organization for People of Color Against Suicide (NOPCAS), NAMI, IHS, AASPI, AMASSI, NY State OMH
    Marriott Los Angeles Airport
    Los Angeles, CA

    This is the 10th anniversary conference on suicide prevention for NOPCAS and is designed to advance the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention in communities of color. Relevant for mental health providers, law enforcement and corrections personnel, public agencies, spiritual leaders and healers, consumers, curanderos and clergy.

    SPRC staff member(s) Elly Stout will be attending this event.
    Event URL:
    www.nopcas.org
    Event Contact:
    Donna Barnes Pittman
    866-899-5317
  • 2/9/2007 - 2/9/2007
    Suicide Prevention Training

    AFSP Greater Chicago/ILLINOIS chapter, Illinois Suicide Prevention Coalition
    Thresholds Research and Training Center
    Chicago, IL

    Train the Trainer, QPR training
    Event URL:
    http://www.thresholds.org
    Event Contact:
    Thresholds Research and Training
    773-572-5253

  • 2/12/2007 - 2/12/2007
    8th Annual MCSP State House Event

    Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention
    State House - Great Hall
    Boston, MA

    All are encouraged and welcome to attend the 8th Annual State House Event and Community Leadership Award presenation in the Great Hall. Registration, continental breakfast, and networking begins at 9:00 am and the event is from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon.

    Event Contact:
    Greg Miller
    617-817-1977

  • 2/21/2007 - 2/21/2007
    Cognitive Therapy for Suicide Prevention

    New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
    The College of New Jersey, Library Auditorium
    Ewing, NJ

    The event is from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. The Office of Injury Surveillance and Prevention in the Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services is hosting a presentation by Gregory K. Brown, PhD, Research Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Co-Principal Investigator of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded Center for the Treatment and Prevention of Suicide. Dr. Brown will present on the public health approach to suicide prevention; a cognitive therapy intervention for suicide attempters and the effectiveness of this intervention; and some of the challenges in implementing a community-based intervention for suicide prevention.
    Event URL

    Event Contact:
    Deborah Crabtree
    609-588-8869
  • 2/21/2007 - 2/21/2007
    safeTALK

    Community Partnership of Southern Arizona
    Community Partnership of Southern Arizona
    Tucson, AZ

    9:00am

    Event Contact:
    Whitney-jon Goerke
    520-618-8838

 

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