Over 10,000 mental health professionals have participated in Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk, a training developed by SPRC which has shown to significantly increase clinicians' confidence
Podgorski, C.A., Langford, L., Pearson, J.L., & Conwell, Y. (2010). Suicide Prevention for Older Adults in Residential Communities: Implications for Policy and Practice. PLoS Medicine, 7(5). e1000254. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000254
Whether by choice or necessity, more older adults are now living in congregate residential settings. About 23% of the 36 million adults over 65 experience relocation.
1 in 10 patients in an emergency department is harboring thoughts of suicide—a new checklist for ER personnel can help them recognize the warning signs.
Life and death emergencies are typical in a hospital emergency room.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, funded the creation of the poster as well as part of the evaluation, with supplementary funding coming from the University of Rochester. For more information contact Davide Litts at dlitts@edc.org
“Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk” is one of the most well-attended courses offered by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center at EDC, says director Jerry Reed.
The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) provides valuable training to mental health and health care professionals to help reduce suicide risk in the United States.
Only in the last decade has suicide been recognized in the U.S. as a significant public health problem. In 2001, the U.S.
The Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk curriculum was designed in partnership with the American Association of Suicidology, in cooperation with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). For more information about the Suicide Prevention Resource Center, please visit www.sprc.org or contact Xan Young at xyoung@edc.org.
In the U.S., adults 65 years and older have the highest rates of suicide among any other age group, according to Jerry Reed, Director of EDC's Center for the Study and Prevention of Injury, Violence,
The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the White House, has appointed EDC's David Litts to its 14-person Task Force on the Prevention of Suicide by Members of the Armed Forces.
