Resource Tag: EDUCATION PROGRAMS

: Suicide prevention efforts are focused at many levels, including ensuring competence among mental health professionals and training gatekeepers to recognize warning signs. Yet previous research has found that only approximately half of psychology trainees receive suicidology training and it is not clear how prevalent suicidology courses for undergraduates, potentially important gatekeepers on college campuses, […]

BACKGROUND: Suicide rates are higher in rural and remote areas of Australia compared with major cities. AIM: To evaluate the impact of a brief, community-based suicide prevention educational intervention on the attitudes and confidence of rural South Australian health and human service professionals. METHOD: Participants attended a 1-day suicide prevention education program, and completed a […]

Developed by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, More Than Sad: Suicide Prevention Education for Teachers and Other School Personnel is designed to help educators better understand suicidal behavior in adolescents, including its causes, treatment and prevention. The program is built around two 25-minute DVDs: More Than Sad: Preventing Teen Suicide and More Than Sad: Teen Depression. (In the current program, Teen Depression is […]

Background: The knowledge base surrounding how to most effectively prepare and sustain practitioner knowledge and skills for suicide risk assessment and management is limited. Aims: This study examined the impact of a 6-hr continuing education training, and the effect of a posttraining reminder system, on mental health practitioners’ knowledge, attitudes, and behavior surrounding suicide assessment and intervention. […]

Background: Education to improve health professionals’ responses to suicide is considered an important suicide prevention strategy. However, the effectiveness of this approach for nurses is unclear. Aim:To systematically review the peer-reviewed literature regarding the effectiveness of suicide prevention education programs for nurses. Method: Nine academic databases (CINAHL, Cochrane Reviews & Trials, Embase, Informit Health Collection, Joanna Briggs Institute, […]

Tattered Teddies is a half day workshop for caregivers and professionals working with children aged twelve and under. The workshop discusses warning signs, communication strategies, protective and risk factors, guardian responsibilities and intervention approaches for children at risk of suicide.

The youth suicide workshop has been created for individuals working with youth ages twelve to twenty-four. The workshop discusses strategies designed to strengthen the protective factors of youth at risk. This workshop focuses on providing participants who work with youth the knowledge to respond to youth at risk of suicide. This is an interactive workshop […]

The youth suicide workshop has been created for individuals working with youth ages twelve to twenty-four. The workshop discusses strategies designed to strengthen the protective factors of youth at risk. This workshop focuses on providing participants who work with youth the knowledge to respond to youth at risk of suicide. This is an interactive workshop […]

BACKGROUND: Suicide, in particular among young people, is a major public health problem, although little is known regarding effective interventions for managing and preventing suicide-related behavior. AIMS: To review the empirical literature pertaining to suicide postvention, prevention, and early intervention, specifically in school settings. METHOD: MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials […]

In response to concerns over youth suicide, there has been an increase in school-based suicide prevention programs. However, we know little about teacher perspectives on school-based suicide prevention and mental health programs. This study examined teacher roles in the implementation of a district-wide suicide prevention program through focus groups and interviews with middle school teachers, […]

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to describe the pilot expansion of a proactive suicide risk–screening program, initially designed for physicians, to nurses. BACKGROUND The Healer Education, Assessment and Referral (HEAR) program detects at-risk physicians and facilitates referral to mental healthcare. Nothing similar has been available for at-risk nurses. Local nurse suicides served as the catalyst […]

Suicide remains a pressing public health epidemic and a critical challenge for competent health care delivery and prevention program design. The scope of the problem is clear: suicide is consistently among the top ten leading causes of death in the USA, accounting formore than 40,000 known deaths each year [1]. Representing a challenge for quality service […]

The present discussion outlines the design and initial implementation of a semester-long graduate course in suicide theory, risk assessment, and management. While the structure of the course is adaptable in light of various considerations (e.g., targeted group of students and availability of resources), we review suicide risk assessment core competencies and course structure and provide […]

There are twice as many suicides as homicides in the United States, and the suicide rate is rising. Suicides increased 12% between 1999 and 2009. Mental health professionals often treat suicidal patients, and suicide occurs even among patients who are seeking treatment or are currently in treatment. Despite these facts, training of mental health professionals in […]

Learn how the First Nations Holistic Lifelong Learning Model, and a framework called the Change Paradigm, offer a road map for enhancing student success.

It is important that educators and the broader community understand clearly why First Nations People feel so strongly that First Nations be able to exercise their inherent right to education by developing their own policies and laws to provide linguistically and culturally-appropriate education that meets the individual and collective needs of their learners.

Randomised studies examining the effect on patients of training professionals in adherence to suicide guidelines are scarce. Aims To assess whether patients benefited from the training of professionals in adherence to suicide guidelines. Method In total 45 psychiatric departments were randomised (Dutch trial register: NTR3092). In the intervention condition, all staff in the departments were […]

We examined the impact of a curriculum resource, the Mental Health and High School Curriculum Guide (The Guide), taught by usual classroom teachers on studentsÕ knowledge and attitudes related to mental health and mental illness in Canadian secondary schools. Survey data were collected before, immediately after, and 2 months after implementation of The Guide by […]

As the largest provider group of outpatient mental health services, social workers are at the forefront of suicide prevention, yet lack formal education to recognize and respond to client suicide risk. The Question, Persuade, and Refer (QPR; Quinnett, 1995) gatekeeper training teaches basic suicide prevention skills, focusing on suicide risk factors, warning signs, and response. […]

Suicide is a profound worldwide public health problem that has received increased attention in recent years. The major federal response, the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention, calls for more suicide education for mental health professionals, including social workers. Little is known about the amount of suicide education in MSW curricula nationwide. This study presents quantitative […]

The training of social workers in suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention is encouraged as a key feature of the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. Despite the acknowledgment that training in suicide and its related behaviors is important, few masterÕs in social work (MSW) programs offer classes dedicated to suicide-related content. This teaching note describes a […]

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a brief online psychoeducational intervention, targeting depression, anxiety and suicide stigma, for increasing positive attitudes towards help seeking and increasing help seeking intentions among young adults. This study demonstrates the utility and effectiveness of a brief online psychoeducation intervention for promoting help seeking among […]

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