The Virginia Suicide Prevention Coalition is a public-private partnership of state and local agencies, community-based groups, non-profit organizations and individuals involved in reducing suicide completions and attempts in the Commonwealth by implementing a statewide suicide prevention strategy, advocating for prevention programs and educating others in suicide awareness and intervention.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
SPAN Briefing on Senior Suicide
Suicide Prevention Action Network USA (SPAN USA)in cooperation with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Representative Darlene Hooley (D-OR), and Representative Tim Murphy (R-PA) are briefing on:
Senior Suicide:
Understanding the Risk, Preventing the Tragedy
June 3, 2008
10:00am-11:00am
188 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Presenters:
•About Senior Suicide- Rates, Risk and Protective Factors, and Promising Studies
Yeates Conwell, MD, SPAN USA National Scientific Advisory Council and University of Rochester
•Creating and Implementing a Senior Suicide Prevention Plan
Mel Kohn, MD, Oregon Office of Disease Prevention and Epidemiology
•Turning Grief into Action, A Survivor of Suicide Story
Victoria Graham, Prince William County ACTS/Helpline
•Public Policy Opportunities to Reduce Senior Suicide
James K. Finley, National Association of Social Workers
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