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Presentation Slides from #UntilZero: TSPN Suicide Prevention Conference

Vladimir Enlow • September 28, 2023

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TSPN thanks everyone who attended #UntilZero, TSPN's Suicide Prevention Conference, held September 25-26 in Nashville. By popular demand, TSPN is offering the PowerPoint slides from select presentations held during this event. The available slides are linked below.


"Suicide Prevention for Service Members, Veterans, and their Families" (Emily Hager, Ph.D., East Regional Director, Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network)


"Elimination of Law Enforcement Suicide" (David Kennington, Police Crisis Counselor Supervisor, Professional Wellness Section, Metro Nashville Police Department)


"Reducing the Risk of Suicide in Substance Use Disorder Patients" (Lindsey Hicks, Quality Management Analyst, Cumberland Heights; Melissa Hudgens, LPC-MHSP, Director of Women’s Services, Cumberland Heights; Jennifer Sujdak, Director of Quality Management, Cumberland Heights)


“Innovations in Suicide Care” (Christina Dolan, Quality Outcome Project Coordinator, Centura Health, and Heidi Bode, LPC, Manager – Psychiatric Crisis Assessment Team, Centura Health)


"Clinical Updates and Training Recommendations in Suicide Prevention" (Michelle Cornette, Ph.D., Clinical Research Psychologist/Independent Consultant)


"Using Zero Suicide to Provide Safer Suicide Care: We All Have a Role" (Barbara Gay, Associate Director, Zero Suicide Institute, Education Development Center)


"Suicide Prevention in Higher Education: Stigma Reduction on College Campuses in Tennessee" (slides by Nathan Payne, Director of Collegiate Recovery, Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; presented by James Harper, MS, NCC, CPRS, Assistant Director of Faith Based Initiatives at Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services)


"Zero Suicide Capacity Building within Mental Health America Mid-South" (Alleah Lay, West TN ZSI Coordinator, MHA Mid-South, and Chelsea Swanson, ZSI Education and Partnership Liaison, MHA Mid-South)

 

 


 



By Vladimir Enlow September 30, 2022
Preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates the U.S. suicide rate increased in 2021, following two years of decreases. 47,646 people died by suicide in 2021, compared to 45,979 in 2020, representing a 4% uptick in raw numbers. The U.S. suicide rate for 2021 stands at 14.0 per 100,000 population, […]
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