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SPRC Suicide Prevention Regional Planning Conference- Regions 1 & 2

June 6 - 8, 2005
Meriden, Connecticut

Conference Presentations

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• Building a Community-Based Infrastructure to Address Suicide Prevention: The Frameworks Project
  Ken Norton, LICSW, Special Projects Director, NAMI New Hampshire
  Elaine de Mello, LICSW, Director of Programs, NAMI New Hampshire
  (PDF, 42 pages)
  
  
• Co-Morbidity: Substance Abuse Mental Illness and Suicide
  Richard McKeon, PhD, MPH, Special Expert, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services
  (PDF, 33 pages)
  
  
• Educating Decision Makers About Suicide Prevention
  Jerry Reed, MSW, Executive Director, Suicide Prevention Action Network USA (SPAN USA)
  Lidia Bernik, MHS, Program Coordinator, Suicide Prevention Action Network USA (SPAN USA)
  (PDF, 26 pages)
  
  
• Evaluation & Outcome Measures
  Ramya Sundararaman, MD, MPH, Coordinator of Prevention Support Services, Suicide Prevention Resource Center
  (PDF, 36 pages)
  
  
• Samaritans Approach to Community-Based Hotlines
  Alan Ross, Executive Director, The Samaritans of New York
  Roberta Hurtig, MA, Executive Director, The Samaritans of Greater Boston
  Jennifer Costa, Executive Director, The Samaritans of New Hampshire
  (PDF, 9 pages)
  
  
• Screening for Suicide Prevention
  Doug Jacobs, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  (PDF, 27 pages)
  
  
• Suicide Risk in Older Adults
  Lidia Bernik, MHS, Program Coordinator, Suicide Prevention Action Network USA (SPAN USA)
  (PDF, 21 pages)
  
  
• Sustaining Suicide Prevention Programs
  Roberta Hurtig, MA, Executive Director, Samaritans of Greater Boston
  (PDF, 11 pages)
  
  
• Suicide Prevention in the Context of Faith-Based Settings
  LaVonne Ortega, MD, MPH, Prevention Specialist, Suicide Prevention Resource Center
  (PDF, 33 pages)
  
  
• Suicide Prevention Practices in Juvenile Justice
  Joan Mikula, Assistant Commissioner, Child and Adolescent Services, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
  (PDF, 14 pages)

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