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Weekly News Roundup Jan. 4 – 10, 2021
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:When kids are in crisis, how can we help them? – Broadview MagazineJanuary 5, 2021*Content and ...
Weekly News Roundup Dec. 14, 2020 – Jan. 3, 2021
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 in the last few weeks:Featured:Christmas is not always merry for LGBTQ youth, says Saskatoon psychiatrist – ...
Weekly News Roundup Dec. 6 – 13, 2020
Hello Friends,Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. This week’s news roundup will be our last for 2020! Here’s what we found last week:Featured:Suicides up sharply on Toronto ...
Weekly News Roundup Nov. 30 – Dec. 6, 2020
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:You Can Help the Agencies Battling Mental Health Challenges and Addictions – Calgary HeraldDecember 4, 2020Centre ...
Reduce suicides by creating a safer home
Means restriction is one of the World Health Organization’s few recognized best practices in suicide prevention. You can restrict access to lethal means within your own home, including by locking up medications, chemicals, and firearms, and installing carbon monoxide and ...
Research Roundup – November 2020
This is a summary of the latest significant Canadian () and international suicide research we collected in the past month: 🇨🇦 Tsai, M., et al. (2020, September 8). Examining the Three-Step Theory (3ST) of suicide in a prospective study of ...
Thank you to the Calgary Herald Christmas Fund
Centre for Suicide Prevention is grateful to be listed as one of the charities benefiting from the Calgary Herald’s 30th annual Christmas Fund. In this milestone year, the fund encourages readers to[...]
Maintaining relationships and social connection
This is the third blog in our series, Hope, belonging, meaning and purpose: suicide prevention in times of crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us into a new way of being – with ourselves and with others. Technology has offered ...
Weekly News Roundup Nov. 23 – 29, 2020
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:In Japan, more people died from suicide last month than from Covid in all of 2020 ...