Over 10,000 mental health professionals have participated in Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk, a training developed by SPRC which has shown to significantly increase clinicians' confidence
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the Suicide Prevention Resource Center
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National Suicide Prevention Resource Center
Faced with students struggling to cope and a community struggling to respond, schools need reliable information, practical tools, and pragmatic guidance on what to do in the aftermath of a suicide.
HHD's Suicide Prevention Resource Center was selected by the White House as a Champion of Change, part of President Obama’s Winning the Future Across America initiative.
The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) at EDC has been selected by the White House as a Champion of Change, part of President Obama’s Winning the Future Across America initiative.
This issue brief examines the relationship between suicide and bullying among children and adolescents, with special attention to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth.
This multimedia course will help you define the role of a gatekeeper, decide whether a gatekeeper training program is right for your setting, and choose and implement a gatekeeper training program.
If there are particular topics you would like to see addressed in the Research to Practice Webinar Series, or if you are interested in participating in a future session, please contact Ms. Tiffany Kim, Project Coordinator SPRC Training Institute, at 202-572-3717 or tkim@edc.org.
As people live longer, more older adults and their families need support—physical support but also emotional support.
Seven years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, like so many older adults today, moved into an assisted living community. The two had drastically different experiences.
A version of this article appeared in the EDC Update Fall 2010. For more information contact Chris Miara at cmiara@edc.org or Ned Rimer at nrimer@edc.org
EDC has been awarded up to $22.4 million in federal funds to continue the work of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) for five additional years.
In the United States, suicide claims more than 34,000 lives annually.
Because Native Americans experience more risk factors, like poverty and historical trauma, they are particularly vulnerable to high rates of suicide, substance abuse, and other issues associated with
