QPR Suicide Prevention Training
Contact HOPES at 274-9686 or info@hopes-wi.org to Schedule a 1-Hour QPR Gatekeeper Training at Your Church, Workplace or Community Center.
QPR is CPR for Suicide Prevention. QPR stands for:
- Question the person about suicide
- Persuade the person to get help
- Refer them for help
Suicide Prevention Gatekeepers
A gatekeeper is someone trained to recognize a suicide crisis and, because of their training, knows how and where to find help.
Why QPR for Suicide Prevention Gatekeepers?
- QPR gatekeeper training takes just one hour and is taught in a format that is clear, concise, and applicable for a wide variety of audiences. Gatekeepers are given information that is easy to understand, and reinforced by a QPR booklet and card complete with warning signs, methods to encourage a person to get help and a list of resources available in your community.
- QPR recognizes that even socially isolated individuals usually have some sort of contact within their community (e.g. family, doctors, teachers, employer, banker, counselor, etc.) QPR teaches diverse groups within each community how to recognize the "real crises" of suicide and the symptoms that accompany it.
- QPR addresses high-risk people within their own environments (verses requiring the individual to initiate requests for support or treatment on their own).
- QPR offers the increased possibility of intervention early in the depressive and/or suicidal crisis (when the level of suicide may be less).
- QPR encourages the gatekeeper to take the individual directly to a treatment provider and/or community resource.
- QPR stresses active follow-up on each intervention that occurs.The individual trained in QPR often plays a preexisting role in the at-risk person's life. This increases the sense of continuity, support likelihood of a positive resolution.
HOPES has trained instructors that are available to provide QPR Gatekeeper Training to your group. $1 per person to cover QPR booklet costs is requested, in addition to whatever contribution participants can provide to support the program. For more information visit www.hopes-wi.org.
