Suicide Prevention Month: Call 988 If You Need Help, Someone IS WAITING To Talk To You
September 7, 202319m 12s
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Aired August 27, 2023: September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.
If you or someone you know needs help PLEASE CALL 988, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
Lisa Foxx interviewed Lyn Morris, the CEO of Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services. Founded in 1958, Didi Hirsch’s Suicide Prevention Center is the nation’s first and a model for suicide prevention centers across the globe. Their center has served and trained more than 175,000 individuals in 2022. Our Survivors of Suicide Attempts Manual for Support Groups curriculum for treating people who have attempted suicide has been shared with more than 2,200 mental health professionals in 50 states and 54 countries. No other center offers such a comprehensive array of crisis services, therapy, outreach and training to such a large number of people. They also participate in leading edge research that is transforming the field and saving lives. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call 988. They also have their 25th annual fundraiser coming up...at Exposition Park.
ALIVE TOGETHER: UNITING TO PREVENT SUICIDE COMMUNITY WALK AT EXPOSITION PARK ON SUNDAY, OCT. 1 Alive Together participants walk 2,160 steps, representing the approximately 2,160 lives lost to suicide globally each day. Alive Together will honor those who have been affected by suicide, promote dialogue, reduce stigma, and shine a spotlight on Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services’ Suicide Prevention Center’s mental health and crisis care prevention and support work. Alive Together will also include a resource fair; family-friendly activities including food, refreshments, and games for all ages; and an opportunity for survivors and survivors of suicide loss to connect and reconnect in their healing journeys. Register and find out more here: visit the website.
If you or someone you know needs help PLEASE CALL 988, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
Lisa Foxx interviewed Lyn Morris, the CEO of Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services. Founded in 1958, Didi Hirsch’s Suicide Prevention Center is the nation’s first and a model for suicide prevention centers across the globe. Their center has served and trained more than 175,000 individuals in 2022. Our Survivors of Suicide Attempts Manual for Support Groups curriculum for treating people who have attempted suicide has been shared with more than 2,200 mental health professionals in 50 states and 54 countries. No other center offers such a comprehensive array of crisis services, therapy, outreach and training to such a large number of people. They also participate in leading edge research that is transforming the field and saving lives. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call 988. They also have their 25th annual fundraiser coming up...at Exposition Park.
ALIVE TOGETHER: UNITING TO PREVENT SUICIDE COMMUNITY WALK AT EXPOSITION PARK ON SUNDAY, OCT. 1 Alive Together participants walk 2,160 steps, representing the approximately 2,160 lives lost to suicide globally each day. Alive Together will honor those who have been affected by suicide, promote dialogue, reduce stigma, and shine a spotlight on Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services’ Suicide Prevention Center’s mental health and crisis care prevention and support work. Alive Together will also include a resource fair; family-friendly activities including food, refreshments, and games for all ages; and an opportunity for survivors and survivors of suicide loss to connect and reconnect in their healing journeys. Register and find out more here: visit the website.
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