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Research to Practice Webinar previously known as the SPRC Discussion Series on Suicide Prevention

Understanding US Suicide Trends, 1985-2004

Featured speaker: Cathy Barber, Co-Director of the National Violent Injury Statistics System (NVISS) at the Harvard Injury Control Research Center
June 19, 2007

Suicide rates in recent years have been characterized as worsening, in decline, and flat. Which is it, and how does one evaluate possible reasons for recent trends? Participants in this web-based seminar will examine trends in suicide rates for various demographic groups, with particular attention to surveillance methods used. We will discuss some of the factors that may be driving recent suicide trends.

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Speaker's Biography

Cathy Barber co-directs the National Violent Injury Statistics System at the Harvard School of Public Health's Injury Control Research Center (HICRC). She led the effort to design and test the pilot for the National Violent Death Reporting System, develops training materials on using surveillance data for suicide prevention, and co-founded the National Center for Suicide Prevention Training. She is currently conducting the Means Matter campaign, an effort to educate the grassroots U.S. suicide prevention movement about the link between household firearm availability and suicide rates.