Youth Suicide Prevention

The Nebraska Youth Suicide Prevention Partnership is working to decrease the suicide rate among young people in Nebraska.

Opportunities

Click here to see upcoming training events.
Click here to see a calendar with all events.

Youth Suicide Prevention Webinars

Our final webinar was held Tuesday, December 20th from 12pm-1pm. Maya Chilese and Peg Prusa-Ogea presented on State Issues & Data. Visit our archive to listen to past webinars and view webinar materials.

The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) Training Institute in conjunction with the Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention, will host a web-based seminar on February 2, 2012, 2:00 - 3:30 PM Central Time titled "Bullying & Suicide Prevention" with presenters Young-Shin Kim, MD, PhD, MS, MPH, Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, and Bennett Leventhal, MD, Deputy Director, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research. This webinar will provide the latest research and science on the relationship between bullying and suicide and will outline some of the shared risk and protective factors. The webinar will also discuss the main principles of a comprehensive whole school approach to bullying prevention. This presentation will be interactive, with opportunities to ask questions.
Space is limited. Please register at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/512217688.

Featured Resources

NET Airs Program About Suicide Awareness and Prevention
"Ask A Question, Save A Life," a program recently aired on NET Television, discusses three groups of people at high risk for suicide: youth (suicide is the second leading cause of death for young people in Nebraska), the military and older adults. Click here to see the full video.

Means Restriction Resources for Emergency Departments and Families
Means Restriction brochure is available for download here.

Nebraska Resources
Nebraska’s Network of Care provides quick access to information about where to get behavioral health help in Nebraska
Nebraska Family Helpline is available 24/7/365 for families with youth in crisis. Call 1-888-866-8660 for help.

In the News

NET2 Airs Documentary on Veterans and their Families Coping with Brain Injury and PTSD
A one-hour television special entitled "Healing on the Homefront: Brain Injury & PTSD" aired on NET2 in November. The documentary follows three veterans and their families returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and their experiences as they struggle to understand their loved ones' new world of brain injury. In the second half of the program, Sgt. Trevor Stryker, a Marine Corps Veteran from Grand Island, NE will share his story of the struggles he encounters with alcoholism and eventual diagnosis of brain injury and PTSD. For more information, visit the website: http://www.netnebraska.org/extras/homefront/.

Save the Date: Workshop on Grief & Suicide
Author, educator, and grief counselor Dr. Alan D. Wolfelt will be hosting a day-long workshop titled "Exploring the Special Features of Sudden Death and Suicide Grief: A 'Companioning' Philosophy of Caregiving" on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 in Lincoln, Nebraska. The workshop will discuss the area of suicide grief and how to support people affected by the loss of a friend or a loved one.
See the announcement for more information.

Nebraska State Suicide Prevention Coalition Newsletter
The Nebraska State Suicide Prevention Coalition is now publishing a newsletter. To sign up for the Coalition Newsletter, please click here.
To see past newsletters, please see the links below:


Issue 7-December 2011
Issue 6-November 2011

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