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NEW! SPRC advances National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention
SPRC has taken the first major step to advance the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, a public-private collaborative with a mission to drive implementation of the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (NSSP). According to Jerry Reed, SPRC’s director, “We are thrilled that we have hired Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas, a psychologist, author, and experienced leader in suicide prevention, to serve as the Executive Secretary for the Alliance, and work toward ensuring its sustainability.” SPRC consulted with its funder, SAMHSA, the members of the National Council for Suicide Prevention, and others to ensure broad-based support for launching the Action Alliance through SPRC. SPRC’s primary role in the Action Alliance will be to provide support and sustainability. Members of the Alliance’s Executive Committee will be drawn from both the public and private sectors and will set policy and direction for the body. Dr. Spencer-Thomas will be publicly seeking nominations for the 15-20 positions on the Alliance’s Executive Committee.

NEW! SPRC/AFSP add Recognizing and Responding to Suicide Risk: Essential Skills for Clinicians to the Best Practices Registry for Suicide Prevention (BPR)
SPRC and AFSP have added Recognizing and Responding to Suicide Risk to Section III of the BPR. Recognizing and Responding to Suicide Risk: Essential Skills for Clinicians is an advanced two-day interactive training for mental health clinicians who want to acquire competency-based skills for working with clients at risk for suicide. Programs listed in Section III of the BPR address specific objectives of the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention and have been reviewed for accuracy, safety, likelihood of meeting objectives, and adherence to prevention program guidelines.

For more information: http://www.sprc.org/featured_resources/bpr/PDF/RecognizingRespondingSuicideRiskEssentialSkillsClinicians.pdf

NEW! NCIPC announces the new WISQARS Fatal Injury Mapping Module
A new mapping feature has been added to WISQARS, the interactive injury-related database system of CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. The dataset allows users to generate customized, color-coded maps showing suicide incidence nationally and by region, state, and county. Since the data covers seven years (2000-2006), it can produce reliable county-level suicide death rates, as well as rates of deaths due to other intentional and unintentional injuries. Users can also specify race/ethnicity, sex, and age group or age range. States and communities can use the maps to target prevention planning, promote awareness, complement suicide-related news stories, and inform legislators and policymakers.

For more information: http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars

SPRC presentations at AAS 43rd Annual Conference, April 21-24
SPRC staff will be presenting pre-conference workshops and sessions at the American Association of Suicidology conference on a variety of topics, including: strategic communications; state planning and leadership; best practices; Native communities; continuity of care; a new curriculum for juvenile justice administrators; survivors working in suicide prevention; and suicide prevention in non-family systems, primary care, and schools.

For more information: http://www.suicidology.org/web/guest/education-and-training/annual-conference

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National:
Robert E. Litman, co-founder of suicide prevention center, dies at 88

State and Tribal:
Massachusetts : Cultural competency matters

International:
France: International Association for Suicide Prevention to hold Facebook fan-raising weekend

Research:
The relative influence of different domains of social connectedness on self-directed violence in adolescence.

 

The Sixth World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental and Behavioral Disorders