SPRC Suicide Prevention Regional Planning Conference- Regions 3 & 5

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
May 18th - 20th, 2005
Public Health Service Regions 3 and 5

Conference Presentations

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• Building Suicide Prevention Capacity: Creating a Linked Public & Mental Health State Infrastructure
  Linda Hale, Lead for the Wisconsin Injury Prevention Program within the Bureau of Community Health Promotion, Division of Public Health, WI Department of Health and Family Services



• Engaging the Media in Suicide Prevention
  Jerry Reed, MSW, Executive Director of the Suicide Prevention Action Network USA (SPAN USA)



• Preventing Suicidal Behavior on the College Campus
  Dequincy Lezine, Ph.D., Clinical Psychology (2005)



• Screening as an Approach to Suicide Prevention in Adolescents
  Juan B. Peña, Ph.D., research fellow at the University of Rochester Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide
  Eric D. Caine, M.D.
  (Accompanying Spreadsheet on Screening Tools)



• The State of Ohio: A Model For Community-Based Suicide Prevention
  Greg Woods, MOD, MA, President GFWoods Consulting, Inc.
  Ellen Anderson PhD., PCC



• Suicide Prevention among Older Adults
  Lidia Bernik, M.H.S., Program Coordinator at the Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN USA)
  Jerry Reed, MSW, Executive Director of the Suicide Prevention Action Network USA (SPAN USA)



• Supporting Schools in Suicide Prevention
  Mary Margaret Kerr, Ed.D.
  Associate Chair of the Administrative and Policy Studies Department in the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh

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