May 2022

The University of Arizona recently launched its Suicide Prevention Initiative website to provide support for students and engage in destigmatizing conversations about mental health and suicide prevention. The preexisting suicide prevention initiative “had a website and we knew it could have a bigger impact and be more useful to people,”Read More →

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Ahead of Memorial Day, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs launched the Mission Daybreak Challenge: a $20 million competition and accelerator program to drive innovation to reduce suicide deaths among veterans. “To end veteran suicide, we must use every tool available,” VA Secretary Denis McDonough said in a statement WednesdayRead More →

The following is a press release from the Idaho Crisis & Suicide Hotline. BOISE — The name has been updated, but the mission remains the same — to support Idahoans in emotional crisis. Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline, a member of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s nationwide network of more thanRead More →

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the latest in a series of stories related to National Mental Health Awareness Month. SIOUX FALLS — In May 2014, Erik Muckey seemed to have it all as a graduate student at the University of South Dakota at Vermillion. He arrived on campus as a freshmanRead More →

AManda Dodsworth no longer crosses the MacKay Bridge. Not since last spring. “I cry a lot when I do that,” she says. In late March 2021, one of his closest childhood friends took his own life by jumping off the bridge that sits 55 meters above the northern end ofRead More →

The regional director of the International College of Clinical Hypnotherapy Practitioners Asia said there was a need to raise awareness about ways to deal with suicidal tendencies, stress, anxiety, depression and feelings of hopelessness. — AFP photo By Opalyn Mok Friday, May 27, 2022 07:00 MYT GEORGE TOWN, May 27Read More →

This article was originally published here J Am Coll Health. 2022 May 27:1-5. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2022.2076563. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Rising rates of depression, anxiety, substance use, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among college students have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This report describes how the components of theRead More →

Contemporary Christian singer/songwriter, inspirational speaker and suicide prevention campaigner, Briana Domenica is thrilled to release her new suicide prevention program, The warrior in me. The release of this video series is part of Mental Health Awareness Month (May). The intro video for the ten-video collection premiered on Domenica’s YouTube channelRead More →

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. – David Woods Bartley, mental health advocate and suicide prevention educator, visited Fort Leonard Wood this week to share ideas and help the military fight suicide. “Connection creates hope and hope saves lives,” he told an audience of soldiers May 24 at the Main Post Chapel.Read More →

Risk factors include stress, depression, people with a mental health diagnosis or currently seeking treatment, history of attempts, toxic and hostile work environments, discriminatory or harassing behavior, financial and legal issues , divorce or break-up, death of a loved one or comrade, and alcohol and drug abuse. Individual protective orRead More →

More than 750 people have received suicide prevention therapy at Pieta’s Letterkenny office over the past two years, the Democrat can reveal. The service is also hiring a psychotherapist and an experienced child and adolescent psychotherapist for the center, as demand for its services continues to grow. This is partlyRead More →

What you need to know today A Wyoming man’s quest to prevent suicide, one conversation at a time. In 2020, men accounted for about 79% of suicides nationally, and 70% were white men, despite making up only 30% of the country’s population. Specifically, Wyoming has had the highest per capitaRead More →

The program has trained 23,000 people so far, but needs donations to stay open. ATLANTA — An armed forces veteran is on a mission to save his nonprofit after the pandemic hit them hard. The Armed Forces Mission helps soldiers who are contemplating suicide. Kenneth Lou Koon started the organizationRead More →

Express press service SRINAGAR: The first suicide prevention hotline named ‘Zindagi’ to prevent suicides has started operating in Kashmir, where mental health problems have increased due to three decades of conflict and two years of pandemic of Covid-19. The helpline number (18002701008) is the initiative of Institute of Mental HealthRead More →

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – Suicide is the twelfth leading cause of death in the United States according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Although there is a common misconception that talking about suicide will plant the idea, counselors say encouraging conversation around this topic can actually help preventRead More →

Photo via Unsplash.com @epicantus (BP) When my wife and I moved to Oxford, England, for my doctoral studies, we realized that we didn’t know what to call emergency staff if there was a problem with our little girl, Lily. As a new dad, not knowing who or how to callRead More →

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — Suicide prevention is the responsibility of all Airmen and Guardians. Not only is suicide a major public and mental health issue, but members ofRead More →

BASTROP, La. (KTVE/KARD) – During Mental Health Awareness Month, the group “Life Matters” held a community suicide prevention rally in hopes of educating families about the issue. Arthur Ray Miller recently lost his daughter to suicide, now he says his mission is to raise awareness “I mean, my little girlRead More →

MP Kerry McCarthy hosted a roundtable on May 18 at the Speaker’s House of the Houses of Parliament – Suicide Prevention: Breaking the Silence. She was accompanied by Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris of the band Joy Division/New Order and the suicide prevention charity Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM). FollowingRead More →

FORT HOOD, Texas (FOX 44) – May is Mental Health Awareness Month and one aspect that affects many people in central Texas is soldier suicide. It is estimated that by 2030, the total number of veteran suicides will be 23 times higher than the death toll after 9/11, as reportedRead More →

Joy Division’s Bernard Sumner calls for changes to patient confidentiality rules to allow families to care for those with mental health issues and slams waiting lists for treatment on anniversary of ex’s suicide -mate Ian Curtis Iconic Joy Division singer Ian Curtis killed himself 42 years ago today Sumner slammedRead More →

In March, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced the creation of an Independent Suicide Prevention and Response Review Board to address suicides in the U.S. military. Today, the department announced that Dr. Gayle Iwamasa from the Department of Veterans Affairs will lead the committee. Read More →

A mental health expert who serves at the Department of Veterans Affairs will lead a nine-person team to investigate military suicides, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. Why is this important: Dr. Gayle Iwamasa and a team including experts in substance abuse, sexual assault and other fields will take a “public healthRead More →

DuBOIS – A movie event held at Penn State DuBois on May 5 hosted about 50 community members to learn about suicide prevention and awareness. “Mon Ascension” is a documentary that follows the journey of Emma Benoit, who was 16 when a suicide attempt left her paralyzed. She now campaignsRead More →

A large forestry company is partnering with a non-profit organization to help reduce mental health and suicide risks for wildland firefighters. PORTLAND, Ore. — A large Pacific Northwest logging company is partnering with a nonprofit that helps with the mental health and suicide risk of firefighters. With financial assistance fromRead More →

REGINA – Saskatchewan has cut funding for suicide prevention a year after passing legislation to meet the challenge and despite a cabinet minister saying mental health is a government priority. The Saskatchewan Party government has allocated $1 million this year to its Pillars For Life plan. Data provided by theRead More →

DESTINY — Army veteran Geoff Speyrer is preparing for another shot at his annual fundraising physical challenge, SET 22. SET is an acronym for Strength, Endurance and Training while 22 is a reference to veteran suicides. Speyrer, who lives in Destin, started the SET 22 challenge in May 2020, bothRead More →

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Suicide is a problem across America, and Tennessee falls into a troubling category. According to the Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network, Tennessee ranks in the top 20 states for reported suicides. A recent interview between ABC’s Diane Sawyer and Ashley Judd opened up more about country musicRead More →

Governor awards Order of the Silver Crescent to Bradley Quarles Published on: May 12, 2022; Updated on: May 12, 2022By Mollie Roe and Emily Miles During his sophomore year, nursing student Bradley Quarles lost a family member to suicide. This experience, combined with the medical knowledge he gained during hisRead More →

By outward appearances, Stav Reuven had it all: a loving family in Sunnyvale, a letter of acceptance to UC Davis, and a sensitive soul that expressed itself in art. But Stav’s family knew better. “Since the age of 12,” said Michal Reuven, Stav’s mother, “she suffered from depression. Everything affectedRead More →

James Madison softball player Lauren Bernett recently died of an apparent suicide. Dallastown High’s Tessa Thompson and Bernett were teammates for the Pennsylvania Fastpitch team. After Bernett’s death, Thompson decided to join the battle to raise awareness about suicide prevention. The entire Dallastonwn team of Thompson also joined the campaign.Read More →

In 730 days of command, this was the longest day. People sometimes missed morning work roll call, but this was different. For much of the previous year he had suffered from deep depression and crippling anxiety, and we had worked diligently to get him the help he needed. Then oneRead More →

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services recently announced two mental health initiatives in the state. NCDHHS recently received $3.3 million from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration to expand support for people in mental health crisis. Funding will help North Carolina move the Suicide Prevention LifelineRead More →

Sydney holds the hot air balloon station at the Festival of Hope, hosted by JR’s Hunt For Life (Gregory Hirst, Oil City) If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts, please call the National Suicide Hotline at 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255) CASPER, Wyo. – We may never know whatRead More →

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — Fans and athletes packed the Tate Recreation Center in Riviera Beach for the first-ever Boxing for a Cause event on Saturday, focusing on mental illness and suicide prevention. “Boxing is a way out for the kids fighting here, you know, because it’s the toughest fight,” saidRead More →

It is becoming increasingly evident that suicides and suicidal thoughts, particularly among students, are a significant concern within our community. We have seen as many Johnson County students die by suicide in the past two years as in the previous six years combined, and many more reported having had suicidalRead More →

US Army Alaska Commander Major General Brian Eifler (US Army) The commander of the US Army in Alaska said his top priority was to reduce the rising rate of suicide among soldiers stationed in the state. This is after the number fell from eight suicides in 2019 and seven inRead More →

Since May 11-13, 2022nearly 500 clinicians, researchers, project managers, mental health workers, Canadian Armed Forces, first responders and interested citizens — including people affected by suicide from across Canada — will come to the Université du Québec campus in Montreal (UQAM) to attend the 2022 “Together for Life” National ConferenceRead More →

Prince William said he was even more committed to men’s mental health and suicide prevention. The Duke of Cambridge, 39, renewed his support for the James’ Place charity – which provides support for men struggling with suicidal thoughts – on Tuesday as they opened the organisation’s new center in London.Read More →

If you or someone you know is experiencing any of these feelings, contact 211. if someone is feeling anxious and overwhelmed and just wants to talk,” adds L’Herrou. Professional care and resilience building can help people gain the tools to overcome trauma and difficult times. Increasing awareness of available mentalRead More →

The Tennessee Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) hosted the annual Out of Darkness campus walk at Centennial High School on Saturday, with the goal of remembering those lost and affected by suicide and to provide resources to those struggling in their lives. The event saw aroundRead More →

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation (OSPF) held a press conference Tuesday to introduce a campaign called Life Side Ohio. “We all come to the table today to focus on working together to make sure we put all differences aside and instead focus on a common goalRead More →

The 10th IASP Asia-Pacific Conference kicked off today in Gold Coast, Australia, providing a key regional forum on suicide prevention in the APAC region. WASHINGTON DC, DC, USA, May 3, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — The 10th International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) Asia-Pacific Conference kicked off today on Australia’s Gold Coast,Read More →

There is renewed interest in depression and mental health following the death of Naomi Judd. “I myself am a survivor of loss. So I lost two family members to suicide and I can tell you the message is really important right now,” said Hegira Health Clinical Director Melissa Tolstyka. HegiraRead More →