September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. (Staff Sgt. Christine Groening/Air Force) We see suicide in the headlines almost every day, most recently with another tragic veteran suicide ...
After a suicide, we often rush to deliver suicide prevention training with the best of intentions, but postvention may be ...
In this segment, we be discussing the topic of suicide. If you or a loved one are having suicidal thoughts, you can call, text, or chat 988 and get connected with a trained professional. If you are a ...
ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. -- For every suicide, 135 lives are profoundly affected by the loss. This sobering statistic underscores the importance of addressing a heavy but necessary topic during ...
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WEAU) - A group in Chippewa Falls is looking to support those grieving, just in time for the holidays. An update to the original Suicide Postvention Handbook aims to help all ...
When Air Force Chaplain, Captain Kelly Parker, sits with a service member who’s hurting, and words are hard to come by, the single word tattooed on her arm can fill the silence and get her message ...
We met Gwen in her hometown of Poplar Grove, U.S., (all names are pseudonyms). She was there to talk with us about the day she learned that her friend had died by suicide. Gwen received this terrible ...
The historic response by organizations after a suicide was to sweep it under the rug or ignore the elephant in the room. There are many reasons for this, some of which result from the stigma and ...
Early this year, HB 21-119 passed into law, broadening Colorado’s focus on Suicide prevention to include “postvention.” Edwin Schneidman, “the father of modern suicidology,” in 1972 used the term ...
Ethan Phillips was 13 years old when he first heard the term "suicide contagion." It's the scientific concept that after one person dies by suicide, others in the community may be at higher risk.
The Grand Valley Yoga Fest brings attention to mental health and suicide prevention on the Western Slope.