Day 2- Closing Plenary-Stan Collins Youth SuicideDay 2- Closing Plenary-Stan Collins Youth Suicide...

Hope > Pain“Speakthenameofthebeastanditwillretreat”–StanCollins

www.DirectingChangeCA.org

DirectingChangeisfundedbycountybehavioralhealthagenciesthroughthementalhealthservicesactandpartofstatewidemental

health,studentwellnessandsuicidepreventionefforts.

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HayesLewis,co-creatorofZuniLifeSkills

“SuicidePreventionandinterventionrequireconstantvigilance.”

Use Don’tUse

“successful”or“unsuccessful”

Note:Thereisnosuccess,orlackofsuccess,whendealingwithsuicide

“attemptedsuicide”

“diedbysuicide”or

“tooktheirownlife”

“committedsuicide”

Note:Useofthewordcommitcanimplycrime/sin

Use Don’tUse

• IwasdiagnosedwithBipolar

• Sheisexperiencingamentalhealthchallenge

• IamBipolar

• Sheismentallyill

Certainpresentationsonthetopicofsuicidemayinfluenceavulnerablepersontowardssuicidalbehavior.

Butpositivemessagingaboutsuicidepreventionmayhaveprotectiveeffectssuchascoverageofpositivecopinginadversecircumstances,orinformationaboutresources.

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“Werther”vs“Papageno”

KeyMessagingItems:• Includearesource(keepitsimple)

• FocusonPREVENTION

• EDUCATE(warningsignsandriskfactors)

• AvoidOversimplifyingthecausesofsuicide

• Don’tdiscussmeans/methods

• Avoidstatisticsandstatementthatmakessuicideseemcommon

WhataretheCausesofSuicide?

Ofthe217,646callsmadetotheNationalSuicidePreventionLifeline inthepreviousyear,morethan90%ofthosecallswereansweredlocallybycrisiscentersinCalifornia.

KeyConsiderations:

•Whatmessagesareweusing?

•Whatmessagesarewesending?

SuicidePreventionMessaging.org

www.ReportingonSuicide.org

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CaliforniaResources

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www.SuicideIsPreventable.orgwww.elsuicidioesprevenible.org

www.EachMindMatters.orgwww.SanaMente.org

NationalCrisisResources

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AskingaboutSuicide

•Areyouthinkingaboutsuicide?

•Doyouhaveaplan?

•Whenisthepaintheworst?

KeyMessagingItems:• Includearesource(keepitsimple)

• FocusonPREVENTION

• EDUCATE(warningsignsandriskfactors)

• AvoidOversimplifyingthecausesofsuicide

• Don’tdiscussmeans/methods/location

• Avoidstatisticsandstatementthatmakessuicideseemcommon

Holdontowhatisgood,Evenifit’sahandfulofearth.Holdontowhatyoubelieve,Evenitit’satreethatstandsbyitself.Holdontowhatyoumustdo,Evenifit’salongwayfromhere.Holdontoyourlife,Evenifit’seasiertoletgo.Holdontomyhand,EvenifsomedayI’llbegoneawayfromyou.

-PuebloPrayer

• StanCollins• StanPCollins@gmail.com

Hope > Pain