Suicide Prevention - SPEAK

  • Have you been touched by suicide? Ask the experts.

    Posted by SPEAK at 4/16/2013
    The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention invites you to a live question and answer session with some of the nation's leading experts on suicide prevention and bereavement, a unique opportunity to ask real questions about suicide, its causes, and its aftermath.  This FREE event will be held Tuesday April 30, 2013 at 9:00 am at the Space and Lyceum Theater (79 Horton Plaza, San Diego 92101).  Click here for more details or to register.
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  • Over 370 student made videos submitted in statewide contest; several from San Diego Unified schools

    Posted by SPEAK at 4/2/2013
    371 videos were submitted from high school students, representing 35 counties in California as part of the Directing Change video contest.  Videos were 60-second public service announcements that addressed one of two categories: suicide prevention or eliminating stigma associated to mental illness.  Several of the submissions were from schools in the San Diego Unified School District.  The winners will be announced in a ceremony May 23rd in Sacramento.  Click here for more information. 
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  • KPBS interview, SPEAK mentioned

    Posted by SPEAK at 2/27/2013
    In a recent KPBS segment discussing who is keeping San Diego's school children safe, Alfredo Aguirre, County Director of Mental Health, comments on the efforts of the SPEAK program.  Listen to the interview or read the transcript at http://www.kpbs.org/audioclips/16903/ .
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  • National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)-San Diego's 9th Annual Inspiration Awards Dinner

    Posted by SPEAK at 10/1/2012
    The awards dinner is Tuesday, October 16, 2012 (5:30 p.m. Cocktail Hour and Silent Auction; 6:30 p.m. Dinner and Awards Ceremony).  The event will be held at the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina (1441 Quivira Road * San Diego, CA 92109).  The event will honor the Inspirational Person and Organization of the Year, San Diego Police Chief Lansdowne and the San Diego Police Department's commitment to serve San Diego. With the establishment of the Psychiatric Emergency Response Team (PERT) and other efforts, they are uniquely serving San Diego by helping reduce the stigma of mental illness.  For more information, please visit NAMI's website.
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  • Newly Released National Strategy for Suicide Prevention 2012: Overview

    Posted by SPEAK at 9/13/2012
    Provided is an overview of the national strategy designed to guide suicide prevention activities over the nextdecade. The overview describes why there is a need for a national suicide preventionstrategy and its overall goals and objectives based on four strategicdirections.  2012 Overview
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  • 38th Annual National Suicide Prevention Week- September 9th-15th

    Posted by SPEAK at 8/31/2012
    National Suicide Prevention Week is the Sunday through Saturday surrounding World Suicide Prevention Day, which is September 10th.  To plan your own event for Suicide Prevention Week or World Suicide Prevention Day, please visit the American Association of Suicidology or the International Association for Suicide Prevention .
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  • Antidepressants and Suicidal Behavior

    Posted by SPEAK at 8/29/2012
    A meta-analysis of clinical trials of several widely usedantidepressants found no evidence that these medications increased the risk ofsuicidal ideation or behavior in children and young adults. This contradicts anearlier analysis by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that led the agencyto require a "black box" warning on antidepressants for this age group.  For more information, please click here. 
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  • Native Cry Outreach Releases New Suicide Prevention PSA

    Posted by SPEAK at 8/10/2012
    Native Cry Outreach Alliance is an organization dedicated to suicide prevention within the Native American community.  They have released a new public service announcement (PSA) aimed at Native Americans who are considering taking their own lives. The video features individuals who have lost loved ones to suicide, comments from professionals and educators hoping to reverse the high rates of suicide within Native communities, offers an overall message of support and encourages people to reach out and ask for help.  Click here to view PSA.
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  • American Association of Suicidology Invites Nominations for 2013 Survivor of the Year

    Posted by SPEAK at 8/2/2012
    The American Association of Suicidology (AAS) recognizes the efforts of one survivor of suicide every year with the National Survivor of the Year Award. A survivor of suicide is an individual who has lost someone to suicide. The 2013 award will be presented at the AAS conference to be held in Austin, TX, on April 27, 2013. Anyone can submit a nomination. Nominations must be submitted by January 31, 2013.  For more information please click on the link:   http://e2.ma/message/ndayb/je0n0. 
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  • NFL launches new wellness/suicide prevention initiative

    Posted by SPEAK at 7/26/2012
    The NFL launched the NFL Life Line as part of a broader wellness initiative for the entire NFL family. The NFL Life Line is a free, confidential, and independently operated 24- hour crisis counseling service for current and former players, coaches, team and league staff, and their family members. The Action Alliance and SAMHSA are collaborating partners with NFL and are supporting the leadership of the NFL as it specifically included an evidence-based suicide prevention component in its workplace wellness programming.  In doing so, the NFL has taken asignificant step forward in providing these important resources to players, employees, and their family members.   Doing so will helps to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness and suicide and also sends a message to people that it is okay to ask for help.  
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