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University of Guam (2005–2008 & 2008–2011)

Program Description:
The University of Guam's Isa Psychological Services Center in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences will further develop and institutionalize a sustainable Campus Suicide Prevention Program addressing student suicide risk through training programs, linkages with community mental health care providers, educational seminars, linkages to local and national crisis hotlines, and informational materials for students and their families.

The program will address student suicide risk through six activities: 1) Further development and institutionalization of training programs for student leadership and University personnel to respond effectively to students with mental and behavioral health problems that can lead to suicide and suicide attempts; 2) Institutionalization of a networking infrastructure linking the University with community-based mental health care providers so as to enhance the University’s ability to provide culturally competent mental and behavioral health services to students; 3) Expansion and institutionalization of an educational seminar series providing information on suicide prevention, risk factors, help seeking, and stigma reduction; 4) Further development and promotion of linkages to Guam’s local crisis hotline and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, including integration of these hotlines into the University’s crisis response plan; 5) Further development of informational materials that address suicide warning signs, risk and protective factors, appropriate actions to help students in distress, symptoms of depression and substance abuse, help seeking, and stigma reduction in a manner congruent with the cultural and linguistic characteristics of the target population; and 6) Further development of informational materials designed to educate students’ families about suicide risk factors and suicide prevention.

Contact Information:
Iain K. B. Twaddle, PhD
Program Director
I’Pinangon, University of Guam Campus Suicide Prevention
University of Guam Station
Mangilao, GU 96923
Tel: 671-735-2882
Email: itwaddle@uguam.uog.edu

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