Suicide Prevention Summit - How to Save a Life through Awareness and Intervention
Monday, September 24, 2007
Agenda (80kb pdf)
Presenters
Susan Conlin Opheim, Survivor, QPR Certified Trainer, www.hopes-wi.org
Survivor of brother Bill’s suicide, Co-founder and Past President of HOPES - Helping Others to Prevent and Educate About Suicide; Quilt and Community Organizer for SPAN USA – Suicide Prevention Action Network; Survivor Council of AFSP – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention; Co-Chair of WI Suicide Prevention Initiative; member of the Suicide Prevention Task Force (Dane County).
Presentation on QPR Training - Question, Persuade, and Refer, three simple steps that anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide.
Eric D Garland, Survivor, www.hopes-wi.org
Eric is a survivor of suicide. His son Brandon died Feb. 15, 2006. Since that time Eric has been involved in many efforts supporting suicide awareness and prevention. He is currently on the board of Directors for HOPES - Helping Others Prevent and Educate about Suicide; is a member of NAMI Dane County; is involved with SPAN USA - Suicide Prevention Action Network and AFSP - American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Eric was the recipient of the NAMI Wisconsin 2007 Wisconsin Community Education Award. He is a certified Q.P.R. trainer and a member of the Task Force on Suicide Prevention (Dane County).
Presentation on His Family’s Story.
William Greer, M.S., L.C.S.W., Executive Director, Mental Health Center of Dane County, www.mhcdc.org
William Greer, M.S., L.C.S.W., is the Executive Director of the Mental Health Center of Dane County, a private non-profit community mental health center providing mental health and substance abuse services to a diverse consumer population. He has 30 years experience as clinician and administrator. He has developed model programs that serve individuals across the life span with an emphasis upon cultural competence and consumer involvement.
Moderated Q&A Session
John Humprhies, School Psychologist, WI Department of Public Instruction, www.dpi.state.wi.us
John Humphries is the School Psychologist at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. His responsibilities at DPI include leadership in school-based suicide prevention and children’s mental health. John was appointed by Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle to the Wisconsin Council on Mental Health. John is also an appointed member of the Ethics Advisory Panel for the National Association of School Psychologists.
Download presentation on Suicide in Young People (228kb pdf)
Download Suicide Prevention Training Flyer (77kb pdf)
Michael M. Miller, MD, Meriter NewStart http://www.meriter.com/mhs/hospital/newstart.htm
Michael M. Miller, MD, FASAM, FAPA is Medical Director of NewStart Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program at Meriter Hospital, and has held this position since 1989. He is board certified in general psychiatry and addiction psychiatry and is also certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) as a physician specialist in chemical dependence. He is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). Dr. Miller is an Associate Clinical Professorship in the Departments of Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, and Family Medicine of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Download presentation on Associations Among Substance Use and Addiction and Suicide (240kb pdf)
John Stanley, Chief Deputy Coroner for Dane County
John was unable to attend.
Presentation on The scope of the problem in Dane County.
http://www.co.dane.wi.us/coroner/corhome.htm
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Summit Summary
- Target goal: 200 participants; 301 registered. The vast majority of attendees were clinicians/direct service providers.
- Target area – Dane County; 83% of attendees were from Dane Co., 17% from around state.
- Program – See agenda
- Evaluations – Very positive; 115 turned in at end of day.
- Resources – partnering organizations had displays, free gun locks
Other Links
Rebekah Voss – writer and star of Vanessa Rising
www.myspace.com/vanessarising and/or www.rebekahvoss.com
