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Big Ideas for Advancing Suicide Prevention
The recent end of the Spring 2023 semester marked my 40th year of working...
A Voice of Autistic Adulthood: Suicide & Other Challenges Amongst Autistic Adults
Think of the word: autism. What image comes to mind? How would you describe...
The Stepped Care Model in Clinical Suicide Prevention
This article describes several applications and uses of CAMS at all service levels and...
Excitement in CAMS Renewed!
With plans to start a large National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) funded multi-site...
The NEED for Competence and Confidence
I recently recorded a two-hour workshop on Zoom for a virtual presentation at the...
2020: A Year of COVID-19 Pandemic Spread and Online Suicide Prevention
Around the world 2020 has been an extraordinarily challenging year during which lives lost...
On the Merits of Suicide Risk Assessment
In recent years it has become somewhat fashionable for people in the field of...
Generativity
I recently wrapped up a memorable series of trainings. Co-sponsored by the National Register...
Hope
Hope is such a simple word. Yet for suicidal people in the depths of...
Considering Suicidal Ideation—Again!
In recent years I have spoken, published, and blogged about the relative importance of...
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell?
An alarming development captured my attention last this week. In the wake of the...
COVID-19 and Suicide Risk:  Worst Fears Realized?
Recently the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly...
First Touch:  Administrative Policy vs. Caring Concern, Empathy, Validation, and Truth
I believe there is often a unique moment, a window, of potential engagement that...
Jaspr:  Using Avatars in Emergency Departments with Suicidal Patients Brings New Hope
I was told about a fascinating study that was conducted at the University of...
Lives in the Balance:  Misinformation vs. the Clinical Research Data
One of the most frustrating things I face as the creator of an evidenced-based,...
The COVID-19 Impact on Suicide Risk Research & Our Path Forward
Many of us have been riveted by the news reports of the global search...