Day 2- Closing Plenary-Stan Collins Youth SuicideDay 2- Closing Plenary-Stan Collins Youth Suicide...
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Hope > Pain “Speak the name of the beast and it will retreat” –Stan Collins
Transcript of Day 2- Closing Plenary-Stan Collins Youth SuicideDay 2- Closing Plenary-Stan Collins Youth Suicide...
Hope > Pain“Speakthenameofthebeastanditwillretreat”–StanCollins
www.DirectingChangeCA.org
DirectingChangeisfundedbycountybehavioralhealthagenciesthroughthementalhealthservicesactandpartofstatewidemental
health,studentwellnessandsuicidepreventionefforts.
https://vimeo.com/162688587
https://vimeo.com/92755069
https://vimeo.com/162753429
HayesLewis,co-creatorofZuniLifeSkills
“SuicidePreventionandinterventionrequireconstantvigilance.”
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“successful”or“unsuccessful”
Note:Thereisnosuccess,orlackofsuccess,whendealingwithsuicide
“attemptedsuicide”
“diedbysuicide”or
“tooktheirownlife”
“committedsuicide”
Note:Useofthewordcommitcanimplycrime/sin
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• IwasdiagnosedwithBipolar
• Sheisexperiencingamentalhealthchallenge
• IamBipolar
• Sheismentallyill
Certainpresentationsonthetopicofsuicidemayinfluenceavulnerablepersontowardssuicidalbehavior.
Butpositivemessagingaboutsuicidepreventionmayhaveprotectiveeffectssuchascoverageofpositivecopinginadversecircumstances,orinformationaboutresources.
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“Werther”vs“Papageno”
KeyMessagingItems:• Includearesource(keepitsimple)
• FocusonPREVENTION
• EDUCATE(warningsignsandriskfactors)
• AvoidOversimplifyingthecausesofsuicide
• Don’tdiscussmeans/methods
• Avoidstatisticsandstatementthatmakessuicideseemcommon
WhataretheCausesofSuicide?
Ofthe217,646callsmadetotheNationalSuicidePreventionLifeline inthepreviousyear,morethan90%ofthosecallswereansweredlocallybycrisiscentersinCalifornia.
KeyConsiderations:
•Whatmessagesareweusing?
•Whatmessagesarewesending?
SuicidePreventionMessaging.org
www.ReportingonSuicide.org
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CaliforniaResources
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www.SuicideIsPreventable.orgwww.elsuicidioesprevenible.org
www.EachMindMatters.orgwww.SanaMente.org
NationalCrisisResources
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AskingaboutSuicide
•Areyouthinkingaboutsuicide?
•Doyouhaveaplan?
•Whenisthepaintheworst?
KeyMessagingItems:• Includearesource(keepitsimple)
• FocusonPREVENTION
• EDUCATE(warningsignsandriskfactors)
• AvoidOversimplifyingthecausesofsuicide
• Don’tdiscussmeans/methods/location
• Avoidstatisticsandstatementthatmakessuicideseemcommon
Holdontowhatisgood,Evenifit’sahandfulofearth.Holdontowhatyoubelieve,Evenitit’satreethatstandsbyitself.Holdontowhatyoumustdo,Evenifit’salongwayfromhere.Holdontoyourlife,Evenifit’seasiertoletgo.Holdontomyhand,EvenifsomedayI’llbegoneawayfromyou.
-PuebloPrayer
