2016 Beyond the Basics in Suicide Prevention Brochure
The Beyond the Basics conference serves as a “best practice” conference offering participants in-depth information and the latest research in the field of suicide and...
Beyond School Suicide Awareness and Prevention Training: Trained Staff…Now What?
Maine law (passed April 2013) requires all schools to have Gatekeeper trained staff and to provide all school personnel with suicide awareness and prevention training....
Elderly Suicide Fact Sheet Based on 2012 Data (2014)
Suicide prevention in older adulthood is made challenging by the high lethality of older adults’ suicidal behavior; few survive their first attempt to harm themselves....
Suicide prevention in older adulthood is made challenging by the high lethality of older adults’ suicidal behavior; few survive their first attempt to harm themselves....
Suicide prevention in older adulthood is made challenging by the high lethality of older adults’ suicidal behavior; few survive their first attempt to harm themselves....
Living and Loving One Another in the Shadow of Suicide
Kate Braestrup, author and chaplain with the Maine Warden Service, gives the closing remarks at the 2016 Beyond the Basics in Suicide Prevention Conference.
Maine’s statewide crisis intervention program is available 24/7 for anyone experiencing mental health concerns. This session will describe how crisis intervention works, what support services...
Suicide prevention in older adulthood is made challenging by the high lethality of older adults’ suicidal behavior; few survive their first attempt to harm themselves....
Postvention Support after a Suicide: Lessons Learned from Schools and Communities
When someone dies by suicide or a significant suicide attempt occurs, the people exposed to the loss can feel overwhelmed by the grief reaction that...
Strategic Direction for the Prevention of Suicidal Behavior: Promoting Individual, Family, and Community Connectedness to Prevent Suicidal Behavior
This document describes a five-year vision for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) work to prevent fatal and nonfatal suicidal behavior. The strategic...
Suggested Protocol for Resident Verbalizing Suicidal Ideation or Plan
Suicide prevention in older adulthood is made challenging by the high lethality of older adults’ suicidal behavior; few survive their first attempt to harm themselves....
Self-directed violence, including fatal and non-fatal suicidal behavior, is a serious public health problem affecting all ages, and exacts a high toll on everyone it...
The Functional Assessment of Self-Mutilation (FASM)
One of the most challenging problems for school professionals is dealing effectively with non-suicidal self-injury. Of special concern is that self-injury has recently moved from...
The Role of Senior Living Community Professionals in Preventing Suicide
Suicide prevention in older adulthood is made challenging by the high lethality of older adults’ suicidal behavior; few survive their first attempt to harm themselves....
The Way Forward: Pathways to hope, recovery, and wellness with insights from lived experience
This report advances Objective 10.3 of the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Engage suicide attempt survivors in suicide prevention planning, including support services, treatment, community...
Understanding, Managing, and Treating Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
One of the most challenging problems for school professionals is dealing effectively with non-suicidal self-injury. Of special concern is that self-injury has recently moved from...
Understanding, Managing, and Treating Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
One of the most challenging problems for school professionals is dealing effectively with non-suicidal self-injury. Of special concern is that self-injury has recently moved from...
