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Suicide: Everyone’s Issue
Taking Flight W I N T E R 2 0 1 1 I S S U E 3
NEWS FROM THE CENTER FOR VIOLENCE AND INJURY PREVENTION AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY’S BROWN SCHOOL
I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
Director’s
Note
2
School Based
Suicide
Prevention
3
Master’s
Certificate
Students
4
Professional
Development
5
Equipping
Missouri for
Suicide
Prevention:
6
Publications 7
Guze
Symposium
7
Who is affected by suicide? Chanc‐es are if you don’t know someone who has a empted or died from suicide, you know someone who knows someone who has. That’s because in the United States, about 90 people die by suicide every day. In case you don’t have a calculator handy, that adds up to 34, 598 sui‐cide deaths per year in this country alone, a rate of 11.5 individuals per 100,000. Unfortunately, these numbers are really just the p of the iceberg, as it is es mated that there are between 8 and 25 a empted suicides for every suicide death: 864,950 a empts annually, or one a empt every 38 seconds.
In Missouri, we’re ranked 20th in the na on for suicide deaths with a rate of 13.7 per 100,000. There were 139 suicide deaths in St. Louis City and St. Louis County combined in 2008, a rate of 10.2 per 100,000. Sta s cs by zip code for Missouri can be found here.
The risk factors for suicide are many and complex, and o en caused by injus ce, leaving many popula ons par cularly at risk. Recent na onal news stories reported tragic deaths of LGBT youth including 18 year old Tyler Clemen , 13 year old Seth Walsh, and 15 year old Billy Lucas. All these young men died by suicide a er being bullied because of their sexual orienta on. Research shows that “same gender orienta on is independently associated with suicidal behavior”.
While three mes as many females as males a empt suicide, there are four male suicide deaths for each female suicide death, perhaps because “women are more likely than men to have stronger social supports, to feel that their rela onships are deterrents to sui‐cide, and to seek psychiatric and medical interven on, which may contribute to their lower rate of completed suicide”.
A look at suicide a empts among adolescent La nas reveals an intersec on of differences in risk between different ethnic groups as well as between genders. Among adolescent females, La nas consistently report higher rates of suicide a empts than their peers. According to suicidology.org, 18% of Hispanic adolescents have reported seriously considering a suicide a empt in the last year, a greater propor on than that reported by their non‐Hispanic classmates, with more Hispanic female high school students repor ng feelings of sadness and hopelessness in the last 12 months than their male counterparts.
Among African Americans, males commit suicide at a far greater rate than their female counterparts – a rate of 8.4 per 100,000 for males compared to a rate of 1.7 for females. In 2007, 82% of suicide deaths of African Americans were males. Further highligh ng the differences in risk factors among different popula ons, one study found that African American men are twice as likely as white men to use a fire‐arm to complete suicide.
War veterans and ac ve‐duty soldiers prove to be yet another group especially at risk for suicide. Dr. Leo Sher of Columbia University Department of Psychiatry suggests that these suicides are most o en related to depression and or Post‐trauma c Stress Disorder stemming from the stress of being deployed in conjunc on with trauma exposure during war.
Suicide sta s cs by gender, 2007 (asfp.org)
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Director’s Note
T A K I N G F L I G H T — I S S U E T H R E E P A G E 2
Melissa Jonson‐Reid
Professor, Brown School
Director, Center for Violence and Injury Preven on
Faculty Scholar, Ins tute for Public Health
Cita ons (Suicide: Everyone’s Issue)
Happy New Year to our readers! First, a couple of reminders: beginning in fall 2011 we will offering both cer ficate pro‐gram areas ‐‐ Violence Preven‐on in Young Families and Vio‐
lence Free Transi on to Young Adulthood ‐‐ to graduate stu‐dents from Saint Louis Universi‐ty, University of Missouri, St Louis and Washington Universi‐ty. We are also currently seek‐ing applicants for our PhD scholar posi on for 2011‐2012. This is open to doctoral stu‐dents in any discipline and from any school in the St Louis re‐gion. Please check our website for details. As stated in our feature ar cle, the issue of suicide touches us all. In high school a student who sat in front of me in class took her life. I was recently touched again by this issue when I read the bi ersweet tribute wri en by the Director of the Colorado Injury Control Research Center about her young adult son who had re‐
cently taken his own life (fall 2010 Newsle er). Fortunately in Missouri, there are a number of projects and ini a ves un‐derway to prevent such trage‐dies. This issue highlights the Mis‐souri Suicide Preven on Pro‐ject, one of several research projects in the state aimed at improving early detec on and services. This project, led by the Missouri Department of Mental Health in collabora on with the Missouri Ins tute of Mental Health offers numerous resources for preven on and support of survivors. In 2010, we were pleased to be able to assist the Missouri Vio‐lence and Injury Preven on Advisory Commi ee and the Missouri Department of Health and Human Services in finalizing the five year State Injury Pre‐ven on plan which highlights suicide as a priority area. In the 2011‐2012 academic year, the Center for Violence and Injury
Preven on will offer a profes‐sional development series fo‐cused on suicide preven on. What can you do? Don’t be
afraid to talk about it if you or
someone you know needs help.
The na onal suicide hotline is
toll free and available 24/7: 1‐
800‐273‐TALK (8255). Regional
Missouri crisis line numbers can
be found here.
Director, Center for Violence and Injury Preven on
1American Founda on for Suicide Preven on. Facts and Figures. Retrieved from (h p://www.afsp.org/
index.cfm?fuseac on =home. viewPage&page_ id=050FEA9F‐B064‐4092‐B1135C3A70DE1FDA)
2American Associa on of Suicidology. Suicide in the USA. Retrieved from (h p://suicidology.org/c/
document_library/get_file?folderId =232& name=DLFE‐232.pdf)
3American Founda on for Suicide Preven on. Facts and Figures. Retrieved from (h p://www.afsp.org/
index.cfm?fuseac on=home.viewPage&page_id=05114FBE‐E445‐7831‐F0C1494E2FADB8EA)
4Silenzio, V.M.B.; Pena, J.B.; Duberstein, P.R.; et al. (2007). Sexual orienta on and risk factors for
suicidal idea on and suicide a empts among adolescents and young adults. American Journal of Public
Health, 97, 2017–19.
5American Founda on for Suicide Preven on. Facts and Figures. Retrieved from (h p://www.afsp.org/
index.cfm?fuseac on=home. viewPage&page_id=050FEA9F‐B064‐4092‐B1135C3A70DE1FDA)
6Kuhlberg, J.A.; Pena, J.B.; Zayas, L.H. (2010) Familism, parent‐adolescent conflict, self‐esteem, internal‐
izing behaviors and suicide a empts among adolescent La nas. Child Psychiatry and Human Develop‐
ment, 41(4), 425‐40.
7American Associa on of Suicidology. Hispanic Suicide Fact Sheet. Retrieved from (h p://
suicidology.org/c/document_ library/get_file?folderId=232&name=DLFE‐243.pdf)
8American Associa on of Suicidology. African American Suicide Fact Sheet. Retrieved from (h p://
suicidology.org/c/document_ library/get_file?folderId=232&name=DLFE‐241.pdf)
10Joe, S.; Marcus, S.C.; & Kaplan, M.S. (2007). Racial differences in the characteris cs of firearm suicide
decedents in the United States. The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 77(1), 124‐30.
11Sher, Leo. (2009). Suicide in war veterans: the role of comorbidity of PTSD and depression. Expert
Review of Neurotherapeu cs, 9(7), 921‐23.
12Howard, M.O.; Perron, B.E.; Sacco, P.; Ilgen, M.; Vaughn, M.G.; Graland, E.; & Freedentahl, S. (2010).
Suicide idea on and a empts among inhalant users: Results from the na onal epidemiologic survey on
alcohol and related condi ons. Suicide & Life‐threatening Behavior, 40(3), 276‐86.
Finally, substance use has long been associated with an increased risk for suicide. Recently, users of newer forms of designer drugs and inhalants are emerging as another group with par cularly high risk. A recent study found that not only is suicidal idea on significantly more prevalent among inhalant users than non‐users, but the severity of inhalant use is posi vely related to suicidal idea on.
We know suicide to be a tragic
event that happens far too o en
to people from all walks of life,
leaving profound sadness in its
wake, but we hope that you will
walk away from this issue encour‐
aged by the suicide preven on
efforts happening in Missouri and
inspired by the research being
done to influence the forma on
and transforma on of preven on
and treatment programs to en‐
compass the broad range of risk
factors and needs.
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Profiling Risk & Need in School Based Suicide Prevention
T A K I N G F L I G H T — I S S U E T H R E E P A G E 3 R E T U R N T O T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
Currently, schools and youth programs lack much needed informa on to engage in effec ve suicide preven on work targe ng adolescents, a group that spends much of its me each week in the hallways and class‐
rooms of the na on’s educa onal ins tu ons.
According to a recent study by Dr. Juan Peña, an Assistant Professor at the Brown School and his colleagues en tled “Co‐occurring Risk Behaviors Among White, Black, and Hispanic US High School Adolescents With Suicide A empts Requiring Medical A en on, 1999 to 2007: Implica ons for Future Preven on Ini a ves,” there are three subtypes of youth who a empt suicide, dis nguishable by the levels of substance use and violent behaviors they engage in.
“It’s not just the depressed teenagers who confide in the guidance counselor or a trusted teacher about their suicidal thoughts who need to be targeted with suicide preven on programming” said Dr. Peña. “Many of the youth at highest risk for suicide behavior may present to school personnel as having conduct problems.”
To date, li le guidance has existed on what types of behaviors to look for as risk factors for adolescent suicide other than depressive symptoms or verbal or wri en statements youth make related to suicide or death.
In the current study, Peña and colleagues iden fied subtypes of teen suicide a empters based upon the youths’ co‐occurrence of depressive symptoms, substance use, and violent behaviors. The study used a na onally representa ve sample of Black, Hispanic, and White high school students (n=1,395) who reported a suicide a empt that required medical a en on.
Results from the study indicate that all of the youth who a empted suicide shared a high propensity for suicidal idea on and depres‐sive symptoms, but there were profound differences in the rates of substance use and violent behaviors among these same youth. These rates were used to sort adolescent suicide a empters into three sub‐types.
Almost no a empters in the first group – the low substance use and violent behavior
subtype ‐ endorsed substance use or violent behaviors. This group represented 28.9% of all a empters. Almost half of these a empt‐ers reported having two or more suicide a empts during the past year, which is significantly less than the other two groups. Approximately 66% of a empters in this first group are female; with Black and Hispanic females dispropor onately represented.
“The a empters in this first group are likely suffering from a mood disorder or exhibi ng depressive symptoms. However, they are probably not engaged in disrup ve behaviors at school or home,” explained Dr. Peña. “Access to mental health care and social support is cri cal for this group. We especially need to strive to eliminate any racial dispari‐es in depression treatment and take into
account any unique social or contextual issues that may increase Black and Hispanic females’ risk for suicide.”
White suicide a empters, especially females, were dispropor onately included in the high substance use and violent behavior group, which was defined by presence of behavior problems except carrying a weapon. Of this group, 61% reported having a empted suicide 2 or more mes in the past year, a propor on considerably higher than a empt‐ers in the first group. This group was the largest of the three, represen ng 53.4% of all a empters.
“The a empters in the second group may come to the a en on of school and youth programs differently than depressed youth. They may get sent to school personnel due to physical fights or get in trouble for using illicit substances,” explained Dr. Peña. “These youth are in need of combined preven on programs for substance abuse or violence along with treatment for their depression.” The third subtype of suicide a empters engaged in all of the problem behaviors, with the majority endorsing levels of substance use and violent behavior that are frequent and likely very problema c. Unlike the first two groups, these a empters were mostly male (66%). Of the adolescents in this third group, 84.6% reported having a empted suicide 2 or more mes in the past year, significantly more than in the other two sub‐types. This group was the smallest of the three represen ng 17.8% of all a empters.
“These youth are the most likely to land in the juvenile jus ce system, be expelled or drop out of school, or become involved with gangs” said Dr. Peña. “These teen a empters are also the ones who are most in need of a combina on of intensive services.”
Many of the youth that school personnel come into contact with for disciplinary rea‐sons on a regular basis may be the most at risk for suicide behavior.
“Changing the profile of youth at risk for sui‐cide a empts changes the way we talk about school based suicide preven on” stated Monica M. Ma hieu, Research Assistant Professor at the Brown School and Research Social Worker at the St. Louis VA Medical Center.
“We especially need to strive to eliminate any racial dispari es in depression treatment and take into account any unique social or contextual issues that may increase Black and Hispanic females’ risk for suicide.”
Juan Peña Assistant Professor
Brown School (Con nued on page 5)
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Behind the Scenes
T A K I N G F L I G H T — I S S U E T H R E E P A G E 4 R E T U R N T O T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
Master’s Cer ficate Program students pictured le to right: Kris na Finney, Aubrey Edwards‐Luce, Lynn Westbay, and Laura DiLeo. Not pictured: Elizabeth Vogl.
Profiles of Our First Cohort of Master’s Cer ficate Program Students Elizabeth Vogl: A second year MSW student, Elizabeth has four years of experience work‐ing in both teaching and administra ve roles for a Head Start program and in inclusive early childhood se ngs. She has served as a Court Appoint‐ed Special Advocate (CASA) with the St. Louis Family Court for two years now, and recently completed a prac cum at Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, Inc. working in the housing unit and for the Children’s Health Advocacy Project. She will be comple ng a prac cum with Catholic Chari es to work on legisla ve advocacy issues in the spring. Elizabeth’s interests include child maltreatment, program and policy reform, educa onal access, and preven on for at‐risk families.
Aubrey Edwards‐Luce: Aubrey is a second year MSW student and has worked with children who have experienced trauma and adult vic ms of both family violence and in mate partner violence. Aubrey’s work experi‐ence includes two years at St. Louis Crisis Nursery and prac cas at the St. Louis Circuit A orney’s Office Vic ms Ser‐vices Unit and the St. Louis City Family Court. Her interests lie at the intersec on of policy, legal advocacy and family violence.
Kris na Finney: Kris na is in her second year of the MPH program. She has over five years of clinical research experi‐ence working with diverse adult and pediatric popula ons and currently works within the Washington University School of Medicine researching with the Newborn Medicine, Pediatric Neurology, and Psychiatry departments to eval‐uate and improve pediatric health outcomes. Kris na’s interests include researching
glycogen storage and neuro‐muscular disorders, elimina ng health and social barriers for underprivileged youth, pedi‐atric injury preven on, and evalua ng child trauma/maltreatment outcomes. Laura DiLeo: Laura is a second year MSW student with experi‐ence working with emo onally disturbed children and children in the child welfare system through CASA, St. Louis Crisis Nursery, Edgewood Children's Center, and Children's Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis. Her interests include child maltreatment, childhood trauma, and the child welfare system. Lynn Westbay: A second year MSW student with CASA experience working with chil‐dren in the St. Louis County foster care system, Lynn’s inter‐ests include a public health approach to preven on of child maltreatment, researching effec ve interven ons for pre‐ven on of child maltreatment, families involved in the foster care system, reunifica on pro‐grams, and the special needs of adolescent mothers and their children.
Elizabeth Vogl in the Social Systems Dynamics Lab. All cer ficate program students par cipate in a training in the lab as part of their cer ficate requirements.
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T A K I N G F L I G H T — I S S U E T H R E E P A G E 5 R E T U R N T O T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
April is Child Abuse Preven on Month! Visit missourikidsfirst.org for your child
abuse preven on month packet.
Cogni ve Process Therapy for Survivors of Trauma Diagnosed with PTSD Thursday, March 10 AND Friday, March 11, 2011 Preferred registra on deadline: March 2nd 8:30 a.m. ‐ 4:30 p.m., both days
Features: Tara Galovski, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Center for Trauma Recovery, University of Missouri‐St. Louis
Focus: This workshop is designed to provide the a endee with a review of pos rauma c stress disorder (PTSD) and an overview of the empirical support demonstra ng the efficacy of Cogni ve Processing Therapy (CPT). A more in‐depth descrip on of CPT will follow including overviews of the 12 sessions of the therapy, examples of handouts and prac ce assignments, and video vigne es of live therapy cases. Role plays will aid the a endee in gaining experience using the CPT techniques. The goal of the workshop is to provide the a endee with a thorough overview of CPT, but the workshop will not train the a endee to CPT provider status.
CEUs: 12
Limited sea ng, register here
Suppor ng Our Soldiers: Social Work Training in Behavioral Health and Family Programs for Returning Veterans Friday, April 15, 2011 Preferred registra on deadline: April 8th 9:00 a.m. ‐ 5:00 p.m., Lunch provided
Features: Monica Ma hieu, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Brown School
Focus: Learn how to be more effec ve in providing social services to returning veterans and their families. This training provides an introduc on to military culture and an overview of the Department of Veterans Affairs services. Emphasis is focused on veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars who are suffering from trauma c brain injury (TBI) and post‐trauma c stress disorder (PTSD). Evidence based assessment and treatments for TBI and PTSD will be discussed, as will behavioral healthcare resources available through the military insurance carrier, TriCare.
CEUs: 7 Limited sea ng, register here
Professional Development Opportunities
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Profiling Risk & Need in School Based Suicide Prevention Violence preven on programs and sub‐stance abuse preven on programs should be included in the youth suicide preven on framework, even if they do not expressly discuss the issue of suicide itself. Infusing awareness of suicide risk factors into all these programs is a next step in furthering a more integrated approach to youth pre‐ven on for a variety of adverse outcomes.
“Our study indicates that while treatment of depressive symptoms remains an im‐portant clinical goal for teen suicide a empters, public health strategies need
to incorporate substance abuse treatment and violence preven on programs in order to be responsive to the needs of a broader cross sec on of youth at risk ,” noted Dr. Peña. “Greater a en on must be paid to race, ethnicity, and gender in suicide pre‐ven on programs, so that targeted efforts can reach diverse youth.”
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Equipping Missouri for Suicide Prevention: Dept. of Mental Health
T A K I N G F L I G H T — I S S U E T H R E E P A G E 6 R E T U R N T O T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
A er par cipa ng in the Na onal Suicide Preven on Conference in Reno, NV in 1998, the state of Missouri greatly expanded its suicide preven on efforts. The following year Missouri hosted a four state regional confer‐ence and a statewide planning mee ng. With the establishment of four Regional Resource Centers in 2001 the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH) began u lizing local community public‐private partnerships to provide suicide preven on services with an emphasis on gatekeeper training.
Upon establishing a state suicide preven on plan in 2004, DMH ini ated the Missouri Suicide Preven on Project (MSPP) in partner‐ship with the Missouri Ins tute of Mental Health (MIMH) in 2005. Later that year DMH was awarded the first of two Youth Suicide Preven on and Early Interven on three‐year grants from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administra on (SAMHSA). These two grants combined, which are due to end in September 2011, have provided a total of $2.7 million in federal funding through the Garre Lee Smith Memorial Act to address the cri cal issue of suicide among youth, ages 10‐24. “We are very fortunate to be one of only a handful of states that have received two State Youth Grants,” said the project’s director, Sco Perkins, MSW, LCSW. “This funding allowed us to expand those four original regional sites to seven in 2006, and then double that number to 14 a few years later so that we now have gatekeeper training availa‐ble in every area of the state.” Since 2002 over 150 Missourians have been cer fied as instructors for the Ques on, Per‐suade & Refer (QPR) gatekeeper training pro‐gram. QPR is a 60‐90 minute program that
can be used with a wide range of audiences and teaches par cipants to no ce warning signs and empowers them to reach out, offer hope and refer them to a professional. Although nearly all of the regional sites offer QPR, each resource center offers a slightly different array of services. Many sites provide the school‐based Signs of Suicide (SOS) program while other sites, including the Gateway Youth Suicide Preven on Resources Partnership based out of Kids Under Twenty‐One (KUTO) in St. Louis, offer the two‐day highly interac ve Applied Suicide Interven on Skills Training (ASIST) workshop. Several of the sites also offer postven on services, such as support groups for survivors of suicide – those people who have lost a loved one to a suicide death. “Support is very important for families who have been devastated by suicide. Everyone's situa on is different but as a survivor there are many common threads. Support groups give survivors the opportunity to validate the feelings of guilt, anger, abandonment, pos rauma c stress, and a myriad of other emo ons. Materials are offered to the group such as books on loan, current ar cles on suicide, helpful hints, and ac vi es of interest in the community,” said Bonnie Swade, coor‐dinator for the Kansas City region. The MSPP also supports Partners in Preven‐on (PIP), which is a statewide coali on
focused on preven on needs among Mis‐souri’s college students. The coali on is com‐posed of representa ves from 19 colleges and universi es. Funding has enabled PIP to include suicide preven on educa on and awareness efforts among the issues that they address on Missouri campuses. In July 2010 the MSPP hosted its fi h annual “Show Me You Care About Suicide Preven‐on” conference, co‐sponsored with Lincoln
University. Each year the conference includes training opportuni es and a wide variety of breakout sessions and workshops presented by experts in the field of Suicidology. For example, the 2010 conference included Paul Quinne , PhD, the creator of the Ques on, Persuade, Refer program (QPR) and Dave Reynolds of the Trevor Project, an organiza‐on that promotes advocacy and mental
health and well‐being of LGBTQ youth.
MSPP is also on Facebook! Since May 2010, over 3,000 users have “liked” MSPP’s pres‐ence in the cyber‐world. An official MSPP Facebook page was created to capitalize on the increasing presence and importance of social networking and to reach new audienc‐es. Visit the Facebook page here MSPP is also involved in a myriad of other efforts to help reduce suicide in Missouri, including providing “mini‐awards” to local organiza ons to fund suicide preven on projects, enabling the needs of underserved, at‐risk popula ons to be addressed at the community level. Since its incep on the MSPP has made 110 awards totaling over $225,000. The MSPP “mini‐award” program was recently revised, allowing interested par es to apply for funding to start or expand coali ons to focus on suicide preven on efforts in their communi es. The first of these new “coali on building” awards will be announced in February 2011. As project staff look to the future, addressing sustainability of suicide efforts grows more important each day. In addi on to successful‐ly providing services and awareness, the regional coordinators are encouraging local communi es to become more involved in the planning of long‐term suicide preven on efforts in order to carry on the good work that is being done, beyond the current grant funding. Ul mately, when more Missourians acknowledge the very real problem of suicide and come together to reduce it, the more likely the work of the Missouri Suicide Preven on Project is to be carried on. There is a slogan that resonates with project staff: Suicide preven on is everyone’s business. These words say much about the future of preven on in Missouri, and the hope is that the message has been received and will con nue to be spread.
Each newsle er highlights an organiza on involved in Center projects and ac vi es. Mis‐souri Department of Mental Health is one of the Center’s Partner Agencies.
For informa on about upcoming events, please
visit:h p://dmh.mo.gov/mentalillness/suicide/
calendar.htm
Governor’s Proclama on Ceremony, recognizing September as Suicide Preven on Month.
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Publications Here is a par al list of publica ons by our Center affiliates (bolded) from the past 12 months. The featured publica ons relate to this issue’s theme of suicide preven on.
Fallucco, E., Hanson, M., Glowinski, A.L. (2010). Teaching pediatric residents to assess adolescent suicide risk with a standardized pa ent module. Pediatrics.
Howard, M. O., Perron, B. E., Sacco, P., Ilgen, M., & Vaughn, M. G. (2010). Suicide idea on and a empts among inhalant users. Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior
Howard, M.O., Hall, M.T., Edwards, J., Vaughn, M.G., Perron, B.E., & Winecker, R. E. (2010). Suicide by asphyxia due to helium gas inhala on. New England Journal of Medicine.
Kuhlberg, J.A., Peña, J.B., & Zayas, L.H. (2010). Familism, parent‐adolescent conflict, self‐esteem, internalizing behaviors and suicide a empts among adolescent La nas. Child Psychiatry and Human Development
Ma hieu, M.M., Chen, Y., Schohn, M., Lan nga, L.J., & Knox, K. L. (2009). Educa onal preferences and outcomes from suicide preven on training in the Veterans Health Administra on: One‐year follow up with healthcare employees in upstate New York. Military Medicine, 174 (11), 1123‐1131.
Ma hieu, M.M., Welch, B., Morrow‐Howell, N., Proctor, E., Nickel, M., Kingsborough, J., & Moon, A. (2010). Is veteran status and suicide risk assessed in community long‐term care?: A review of the states' assessment instruments. Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior.
Zayas, L.H., Bright, C., Alvarez‐Sanchez, T., & Cabassa, L.J. (2009). Accultura on, families and mother‐daughter rela ons among suicidal and non‐suicidal adolescent La nas. Journal of Primary Preven on, 30, 351‐369.
Zayas, L.H., Hausmann‐Stabile, C., & Pilat, A.M. (2009). Recrui ng urban La na adolescents and their families: Challenges and lessons learned in suicide a empts research. Youth & Society, 40, 591‐602.
T A K I N G F L I G H T — I S S U E T H R E E P A G E 7 R E T U R N T O T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
11th Annual Guze Symposium on Alcoholism: Trauma and Alcoholism
February 17, 2011 Eric P. Newman Educa on Center, 320 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis MO
Features: Hosted by the Midwest Alcoholism Research Center (MARC), this conference features research related to alcoholism; substance abuse; trauma; and treatment. Presenters include the Center’s own Dr. Jonson‐Reid and Joshua Wilk, PhD, Deputy Branch Chief from Walter Reed Army Ins tute of Research, Silver Spring, MD. Focus: Gene X environment interac ons, Pharmacology of alcohol and trauma, War trauma and alcohol use, Childhood maltreatment and substance abuse, Interven on for alcohol related violence. Register here
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T A K I N G F L I G H T — I S S U E T H R E E P A G E 8 R E T U R N T O T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
Next Issue Our May issue will feature:
Violence Preven on for Adolescent Girls with Prior Maltreatment. This project will adapt the Cogni ve Behavioral Interven on for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) program for use with girls who have histories of maltreatment and subsequent mental health problems, and evaluate its impact in reducing PTSD and depression symptoms and preven ng future youth violence and interpersonal violence.
The Brown School’s Center for Violence and Injury Preven on was
founded in 2009 with a grant from the Centers for Disease Control
and Preven on. The Center conducts research, training, and
outreach to prevent and ameliorate harm related to:
child maltreatment (CM)
in mate partner violence (IPV)
sexual violence (SV)
suicide a empts (SA)
Our bu erfly icon represents transforma on and symbolizes the
developmental aspect of our mission to advance evidence‐based
primary preven on of violence and injury among young families,
and interven on for childhood vic ms of violence to prevent
poten al later perpetra on of violence toward themselves or
others as they transi on to adulthood. Our colors represent
those typically used by community organiza ons working in
these four areas.
Director Melissa Jonson‐Reid, PhD
Co‐Director John N. Constan no, MD
Administra ve Assistant Diane Wi ling
Research Assistant Britani Hollis
Special thanks to Taking Flight contributors.
The Center is an open and dynamic collabora on with
researchers from mul ple disciplines and mul ple universi es.
While it is not possible to acknowledge all our individual
colleagues, we want to recognize our other university partners
outside of Washington University who have had a par cularly
instrumental role in the CVIP. These include the Saint Louis
University Schools of Social Work and Public Health; the
University of Missouri at St. Louis Schools of Criminology and
Criminal Jus ce and Social Work; and the University of Missouri
at Columbia Schools of Nursing and Social Work.
Visit us online at h p://cvip.wustl.edu
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