Lived Experience Academy

As we conclude Suicide Prevention Month and move forward with taking the ideas and resources shared by everyone back to our respective communities, what are your plans? How will you enhance your prevention plans to encompass a more comprehensive approach? How will you partner with people with suicide-centered lived experience? How will you translate the knowledge and strategies from the NSSP into local action? Consider joining the NSSP Action Lab to keep your momentum going. Special #SPM24 pricing ends today. https://lnkd.in/g7FaKMm9 #suicideprevention #livedexperience #mentalhealth

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month is almost at a close. Hopefully, everyone got great information and motivation to continue working on suicide prevention throughout the year. There were so many posts - I counted over 300 on LinkedIn just with the #SPM24. Did you miss anything that you might have found useful? Over at the NSSP Action Lab, we're gathering resources and ideas you can use in your community prevention work. We make concise, action-oriented summaries organized around goals from the National Strategy. Do you want to make it easier to create, evaluate, or enhance your suicide prevention efforts? Join us at the NSSP Action Lab. https://lnkd.in/g7FaKMm9 #SPM24 #suicideprevention #mentalhealth

September is full of valuable messages for Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, but we know it can feel overwhelming. With so much information, how do you decide what’s most relevant for your community? That’s where the NSSP Action Lab comes in! We filter the information to focus on practical, actionable steps, helping you apply the best strategies tailored to your local needs. If you want shortcuts to implement the expert guidance from the National Strategy faster, the Action Lab equips you with the tools and guidance you need. Ready to take action? https://lnkd.in/g7FaKMm9 Check out the NSSP Action Lab today! #SPM24 #suicideprevention #mentalhealth

To help track progress toward reaching goals and objectives in the National Strategy, I recommend taking a look at what they have already put together at Healthy People 2030. I'm including a link directly to where you can search for objectives related to your interests. NSSP Action Lab members have a head start by using my curated list of over 100 objectives and indicators that align with the National Strategy. https://lnkd.in/gHu7V-pJ

I'm biased as someone who loves data, but I've noticed that many data sources have been released recently. The latest update is that the 2021 data from NVDRS (National Violent Death Reporting System) is now included in the online data tool from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called WISQARS. At first glance, one might ask why this data from 3 years ago is worth exploring. First, 2020-2021 were far from average years, given the COVID-19 pandemic and associated effects. Second, the NVDRS provides more rich information about suicide deaths than other sources might. For each suicide included in the system, data from multiple health, public health, and law enforcement sources are combined. The data is especially useful for state-level suicide prevention planning. (see this page for examples: https://lnkd.in/gE8bu6Am) #suicideprevention #mentalhealth #SPM24 https://wisqars.cdc.gov/

September fills your feed with messages for Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, but we know it can feel overwhelming. With so much information, how do you find the relevant resources for your specific community? That’s where the NSSP Action Lab comes in! We're filtering through the information to focus on practical, actionable resources, helping you apply the best strategies tailored to your local needs. If you expert guidance for implementing the National Strategy faster, the Action Lab will equip you with the tools and ideas you need. Ready to take action? https://lnkd.in/g7FaKMm9 Check out the NSSP Action Lab today! #SPM24 #suicideprevention #mentalhealth

September is full of valuable messages for Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, but we know it can feel overwhelming. With so much information, how do you decide what’s most relevant for your community? That’s where the *NSSP Action Lab* comes in! We filter the information to focus on practical, actionable steps, helping you apply the best strategies tailored to your local needs. If you want shortcuts to implement the expert guidance from the National Strategy faster, the Action Lab equips you with the tools and guidance you need. Ready to take action? https://lnkd.in/g7FaKMm9 Check out the NSSP Action Lab today! #SPM24 #suicideprevention #mentalhealth

The Suicidology podcast episode is out. Ologies with Alie Ward is consistently one of the top science podcasts, and for #SuicidePreventionMonth, she interviewed me. We covered a wide range of topics and answered honestly from #livedexperience and research perspectives. "What's the best part of your work?" "Seeing the turnaround, from where someone goes from the point where things are absolutely horrible in staying alive, to a point where they are embracing life... also being able to sit with someone who is in that raw state when someone is so open, vulnerable, and honest is incredible. You get to see and just be with humanity. There's something sensitive and delicate about being at that level with somebody. Then there's something wonderful about seeing that part get embraced and pushed forward." #PostSuicidalGrowth #PSG #PTG The podcast includes mentions of: - Active Minds, Inc. (thank you, Alison Malmon) - 988 Lifeline (thank you, Vibrant Emotional Health & Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) - Interpersonal Theory of suicide (thank you, Thomas Joiner and Kimberly Van Orden) - Motivational Interviewing (thank you, Peter Britton) - American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (thank you, Christine Yu Moutier, Robert Gebbia and Jill Harkavy-Friedman, PhD she-her) - The American Association of Suicidology - Crisis Text Line - Service Dogs Saving Lives https://lnkd.in/gc8MmMF4

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This is an example of a resource recommendation included in the Insider's Guide to the NSSP coming in May.