Quick Guide to Forefront Suicide Prevention LEARN®

June 28, 2021

Suicidal thinking is most often a response to deep emotional pain and hopelessness Common signs of possible suicide risk: Pulling away from people and things Having low or no energy Feeling helpless or hopeless; feeling that change is impossible Having unexplained aches and pains, such as constant stomachaches or headaches Excessive smoking, drinking, or using […] Read more »

Resources for Workplace Suicide Prevention

CDC Technical Package of Police, Programs and Practices  “Suicide Rates by Industry and Occupation,” CDC Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, Jan. 24, 2020,  Comprehensive Blueprint for Workplace Suicide Prevention “Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism,” 2020, by Anne Case & Angus Deaton, Princeton University Press Heads Up Guys: Manage & Prevent Depression in […] Read more »

World Suicide Prevention Day Conference 2021

June 23, 2021

Suicide prevention is complex work, pandemic or not. This conference will gather researchers, clinicians, public health professionals, leaders and peers to discuss strengthening our work through human connectedness and other tools along the pathway of care. As we leave social distancing behind (for now), we face soaring mental health concerns and disturbing levels of suicidal […] Read more »

Occupations at Highest Risk of Suicide

June 16, 2021

  This 2016 data from the National Violent Death Reporting System (NRVDS) is limited because it includes only 32 states that were active in the system at that time. Washington entered the NVDRS by with nine counties reporting in 2015, 15 counties in 2016, and statewide in 2018. Source: CDC Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, […] Read more »