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  • New intervention plan linked to lower risk of veteran suicides

    July 11, 2018 |

    Journalist's Resource |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A program called the Safety Planning Intervention is reducing the occurrence of repeat suicide attempts among veterans. The program helps veterans establish a safety plan and identify a support network that they can rely on during times of crisis.

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  • A Simple Emergency Room Intervention Can Help Cut Future Suicide Risk

    July 11, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    When a person is brought to the emergency room after a suicide attempt, they are at risk for attempting suicide again for the next three months. These patients often slip through the cracks after being discharged from the hospital, and never receive the follow-up care they need. A program called Safety Planning Intervention trains doctors, nurses, and social workers to make a safety plan with high risk patients before they leave the hospital, to help reduce their risk of a second attempt.

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  • College students train to help peers at risk for suicide, depression and more

    July 10, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Expanding the reach of traditional counseling, colleges are creating programs to meet the needs of the student body’s mental health care. These programs include training students to provide peer support and mental health awareness organizations.

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  • Chasing the curve: As budgets churn, can Montana get its mentally ill care before they hit crisis?

    July 08, 2018 |

    Bozeman Daily Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, Livingston, Montana

    This threatened mental health care in a tangible way, but the state has found ways to provide services differently. Despite limited funding, state health officials still choose to direct funds toward prevention, rather than only paying for emergency services. Using outpatient support groups and an integrated behavioral health system are other options. Still, the state is figuring out how to provide higher quality care on a lower budget.

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  • New York's Suicide Prevention Program Is the First of Its Kind in the U.S.

    June 29, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Across the United States, suicide rates are increasing every year, and funding for mental health care is not rising to meet this growing need. New York will be the first state to implement a successful European program called The Attempted Suicide Short Intervention Program (ASSIP), which consists of three counseling sessions with a person who has attempted suicide, and includes follow-ups for two years after entry into the program.

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  • Gun Studies: Permit Laws Reduce Murders; Red Flag Laws Cut Suicides

    June 04, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Indiana

    New research on “red flag laws,” which allow the removal of guns police or courts deem someone is a danger to themselves or others, shows they have been effective at reducing firearms-related suicides when there is effective enforcement. However there is little data on how they affect murder rates, while gun permit laws requiring people to have licenses to buy guns do appear to decrease murder rates, according to another new study.

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  • "Sources of Strength" to Join Western State's Suicide Prevention Work

    May 29, 2018 |

    KBUT Community Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Gunnison, Colorado

    Western State Colorado University is implementing an on-campus program called "Sources of Strength". The program helps prevent suicide by connecting trained students with their at-risk peers. The program will be used alongside the "question, persuade, refer" training that is administered to students and faculty to be used in a suicide crisis situation.

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  • Drawing on historical strengths to prevent problems in the future

    May 24, 2018 |

    Alaska Public Media |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Hooper Bay, Alaska

    Qungasvik, a program developed by and for Yup’ik people living in Alaska, focuses on skills, craft making, and community connection. The program provides a strong support system and is helping to decrease incidence of alcoholism, suicide, and isolation among the Yup’ik.

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  • Amid Debate Over Gun Policy, An Unlikely Team Finds Some Consensus in N.H.

    May 23, 2018 |

    New Hampshire Public Radio |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    With rising suicide rates and the high rate of suicide by firearm, gun owners and public health workers collaborating in the hopes of preventing more deaths. The Gun Shop Project, based in New Hampshire, is working to provide gun store owners and firearm instructors with fliers and videos about suicide prevention.

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  • Solving the Suicide Crisis in the Arctic Circle

    March 23, 2018 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: Canada, Clyde River, Nunavut

    In a town called Clyde River, located in the Arctic Circle, the Ilisaqsivik Society is attempting to reverse the trauma inflicted on the Inuit people by climate change and cultural trends away from tradition. The Ilisaqsivik Society connects youth with their elders, maintains a community center, and offers counseling to help reduce teen suicide rates.

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