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Weekly News Roundup April 1-7, 2019
Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: We Need to Change How We Talk About Suicide – OUTApril 4, 2019This article, written by ...
Weekly News Roundup Mar 25 – 31, 2019
Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Media contagion of suicide is real. Here’s how to fix it. – SalonMarch 30, 2019This article ...
Weekly News Roundup Mar 18 – 24, 2019
Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured: CSP and CMHA Edmonton to host the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention Conference – Centre for ...
CSP and CMHA Edmonton to host the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention Conference
We’re pleased to announce that we will be co-hosting the 30th annual Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention conference with the Canadian Mental Health Association – Edmonton. The conference will be held on October 16 – 18, 2019 in Edmonton, Alberta. ...
Weekly News Roundup March 11 – 17, 2019
Hello Friends, Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured: Calgary Herald Christmas Fund 2018 campaign raises close to $750,000 – Calgary Herald March 15, ...
Thank you to the Calgary Herald Christmas Fund
The Centre for Suicide Prevention was honoured by the Calgary Herald this year by being one of the twelve non-profit organizations chosen as a recipient of their 2018 Christmas Fund. This year, the fund totaled $746,465 with an additional $15,516 ...
Weekly News Roundup Mar 4 – 10, 2019
Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Officer down – CBCMarch 10, 2019This is an investigative piece by the CBC accompanying a Fifth ...
Weekly News Roundup Feb 24 – Mar 3, 2019
Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured: How many people are affected by one suicide? – Centre for Suicide PreventionFebruary 28, 2019It has ...
How many people are affected by one suicide?
For decades researchers asserted that six people are greatly affected by each suicide death. This statistic can be traced back to the pioneering suicidologist Edwin Shneidman. In the early 1970s, he based this figure on the average size of an ...