Scott Ridgway presents QPR training at the education meeting. Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) is one tool in the prevention of suicide. Click here for resource list. Visit: www.tspn.org for more information.

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Advancing Suicide Prevention, a strategic health policy magazine is now available online to download free of charge at www.advancingsp.com.

....Suicide in Rural Areas
Why are suicide rates in rural and remote frontier regions significantly higher than in urban America? Read about lack of mental health services that can mean life or death for vulnerable residents of rural areas. Also a tragedy of enormous proportions in skyrocketing suicide rates among American Indian and Alaska Native youth.  A compelling interview with farmer-psychologist Mike Rosmann from AgriWellness. Fatal connection – the link between guns and suicide with Catherine Barber from the Harvard Injury Control Research Center. And prevention lessons to learn from rural America with Spero Manson, Head of American Indian and Alaska Native Programs at the University of Colorado. Read these and much more in issue of Advancing Suicide Prevention at www.advancingsp.com.

Also in Advancing Suicide Prevention: The Carter Center Mental Health Program, Cornell University, Suicide Prevention Action Network USA, American Association of Suicidology, Baton Rouge Crisis Intervention Center, Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation, Devereux, Eastern Washington University, LivingWorks, National Association for Rural Mental Health, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, NOPCAS, OASSIS, The Prevention Researcher, QPR and the Suicide Prevention Resource Center.