Barbara Stanley, Ph.D., a professor at Columbia University and director of the suicide prevention training program at New York State Psychiatric Institute, says Safety Planning Intervention only takes about 45 minutes and has the potential to save someone’s life.
Ron Bruno, executive director of CIT Utah and 2nd vice president at CIT International, says mental health shouldn't come in a police car.
FCC chairman, Ajit Pai, takes a critical step in establishing 988 as the nationwide number for #mentalhealth and suicide emergencies, mirroring what the three-digit-number 911 is for medical crises.
Making the film ‘Here One Day’ was what Kathy Leichter needed at the time, nine years after her mother’s death. What became a vehicle for her healing process has also become one for others.
Patricia Rehmer and Dr. Santopietro talk about the fewer options and additional challenges children in psychological crisis and their families face.
Kathryn Wood talks about how society's construct of toughness hinders mental wellness.
Dr. Dixon says as long as what the clinician is trying to provide maps what the person needs, as opposed to what they are at risk for, then it's contributing to the greater good.
Leading expert on suicide, Thomas Joiner, Ph.D., says it isn’t social media or screen time per se that’s the problem for teens, but a lack of diversity of activities may be.
Dr. Swanson, a psychiatry and behavioral sciences professor at Duke University, talks on the reality of advance directives: the daylight between the concept and actual implementation.
Singer Keith England had just finished his Sunday evening gig at the Standing Room in Hermosa Beach, California. It was about 9:30 p.m. when he began heading down Pier Ave. and crossed paths with a young man who asked him for help.