Washington State Youth Suicide Prevention Program. Summary of Activities 1997-1999

Washington’s Youth Suicide Prevention Plan was created with the support of the Department of Health and the advocacy of the Washington State Youth Suicide Prevention Committee. Department of Health officials assembled many concerned citizens, health professionals, policy makers and survivors of youth suicide, like Scot and Leah Simpson, to form an advisory council. Together, and under the guidance of Dr. Leona Eggert and her colleagues Drs. Elaine Thompson, Brooke Randell, and Elizabeth McCauley, the plan was created. Unique features were its state-of-the-art prevention framework of universal, selective, and indicated approaches, a compilation of empirically supported strategies for each prevention domain, and an evaluation plan for testing the efficacy of the proposed prevention strategies.