Resource Tag: UNITED STATES. COLORADO

The purpose of this study is to describe & compare the distribution of injury deaths among rural & urban Colorado children that occurred between 1980 & 1988. Statistically significant elevated risks were found among rural children for motor vehicle injury deaths. Firearms were involved more often in rural deaths among unintentional injury deaths of children […]

For the Suicide in Colorado report, please see SIEC #2004-0885

For a summary of the key findings of this report, please see SIEC #2004-0884

The goal of this training manual is to focus on primary & secondary survivors as well as the tertiary victims who must deal with the aftermath of suicide. First, it focuses on ways in which tertiary victims – the professionals who respond to the scene of a suicide – impact primary survivors such as parents, […]

In this chapter, the authors discuss how government officials, civic leaders, psychiatrists, & other mental health professionals in the Denver metropolitan area responded to the Columbine shootings & their aftermath. First, the events of April 20 & important background information are summarized. Second, the acute & longer-term psychological impact on the victims & the larger […]

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This chapter presents personal accounts of the shootings that occurred at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Possible reasons are offered for the mass homicide & the subsequent suicides of the adolescent perpetrators. The narrators speculate on the role of social ostracization, depression, loneliness, & suicidal thoughts that they believe were influential in the perpetratorsÕ […]

See SIEC #1997-1273 for reference to the Phillips et al study.

The incidence, 1-year prevalence, & cumulative prevalence of domestic violence was studied in a sample of 648 female emergency department patients. The incidence of acute domestic violence among the 418 women with a current male partner was 11.7%. For the entire sample, the cumulative prevalence of exposure to domestic violence was 54.2%. Women exposed to […]

In 1989 the Weld County (Colorado) Suicide Coalition began to focus their attention on elderly suicide. In 1990 the Coalition received a grant which allowed them to hire a part-time coordinator & to develop & implement a training package for caregivers of the elderly. This session described the mission statement & board membership of the […]

This newsletter provides information on 2 suicide prevention programs in Colorado & Wyoming. The Colorado program’s screening procedures, housing units, mental health services, discharge planning, & staff training are described. The componeents of the Wyoming program are: constant supervision, 15-minute emotional stability (observation at 15 minute intervals), & 30 minute observation. A resource list of […]

This 3 page form is used by the Colorado Department of Health for the collection of information about suicide victims. Sections include: 1) patient information; 2) suicide information; 3) medical history, and 4) other information.

In response to rising teen suicide rates, a Colorado high school established a comprehensive intervention plan. A response team of teachers, students, counselors & administrators implements the program & informs the staff about procedures. A core response team decides & plans procedures & coordinates them with outside resources. Responses for prevention, suicide referrals, attempts & […]

The American Association of Suicidology sponsored a conference entitled “Healing After Suicide”. It was for & about survivors of suicide. The conference was held October 1989 in Denver, Colorado. (CM)

A brief article from the December 1971 issue of AKWESASNE NOTES about suicide prevention work being accomplished among U.S. Indian communities, as reported during the Indian Suicide & Crisis Intervention Conference in Denver, November, 1970. (NBB)

The death of five persons by suicide in a small rural Ohio community (census 3752) motivated residents to organize crisis & suicide prevention services.