Introduction to the Suicide Prevention Resource Center

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Introduction to the Suicide Prevention Resource
Center
Katherine Wootten, MPH 13 November 2009 NOYS
Fall Meeting Washington, DC
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What we will cover

• Suicide as a public health problem
• SPRCs history, mission, functions
• Resources for your work

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I. Suicide as a public health problem
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Suicide as a public health problem

• Significant burden on the health of the
  population.
• Known risk factors that are measurable and
  preventable.
• Public will for suicide to be addressed.

Strategic Planning for Suicide Prevention
Community Core Competencies course, SPRC
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Suicide in the US

• Suicide (2006)1
• 33,300 deaths
• 11.1 suicides per 100,000 people
• 11th leading cause of death
• Who1
• Youth (ages 10-24) 13 of suicides
• 3.8M1F ? suicides
• Method2
• Firearms ? suicides, poisoning ? attempts

1 CDC, NCIPC, WISQARS http//www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wi
sqars/ 2 SPRC, US data sheet http//www.sprc.org
/stateinformation/PDF/statedatasheets/sprc_nationa
l_data.pdf
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11 Leading Causes of Death, US(2005, All Races,
Both Sexes CDC)
          

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Suicide in the US

• Suicide attempts, estimates
• 800,0001 to 1.4 million2 attempts per year
• 5 million survivors of suicide attempts
• Suicide ideation, estimates
• General population3 24 have considered suicide
  during lifetime
• Youth4 (grades 9-12, self-report, 2007) 14.5
  have seriously considered suicide during the past
  12 months

1 Moscicki EK. Epidemiology of completed and
attempted suicide Toward a framework for
prevention. Clinical Neuroscience Research.
20011310-23. 2 Kessler RC et al. Trends in
suicide ideation, plans, gestures, and attempts
in the US, 1990-1992 to 2001-2003. JAMA.
2005293(20)2487-2495. 3 Linehan and Laffaw,
1982 4 CDC, YRBS http//www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/
yrbs/index.htm
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Impact of Suicide

• Suicide survivors and suicide attempt survivors
• Years of potential life lost
• Economic cost of suicidal behavior
• Medical expenses of emergency intervention and
  non-emergency treatment for suicidality
• Lost wages of those completing a suicide
• Lost productivity of the loved ones grieving a
  suicide
• Lost and/or reduced productivity of people
  suffering from suicidality

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Risk and Protective FactorsSocial Ecological
Model
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Risk and Protective FactorsExamples
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II. SPRCs history, mission, and functions
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About SPRC

• Established in 2002
• Funded through a cooperative agreement by the
  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
  Administration (SAMHSA)
• Based at Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
  in MA, with offices in DC and remote staff across
  the country

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Where weve been!
Suicide Prevention included in SAMHSA Priority
Matrix
14.5 million grant forcrisis line
9 million grant for crisis line
UN Guidelines for National Strategies
9 million grant forcrisis line
9 million for SPRC
SPRC Reauthorized
Federal Work Group on Suicide Prevention formed
Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention explored
First Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act grants
National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
PNFC Report on Mental Health
Reno Conference
Surgeon Generals Call to Action to Prevent
Suicide
Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act
signed
GarrettLeeSmith MemorialAct signed
Reducing SuicideA National Imperative by IOM
Mental Health Parity signed
Congres-sional Resolution passed
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SPRC Four Broad Functions that Overlap

• Technical assistance center
• Training Institute
• National resource center
• Leader in science, policy, and practice

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1. Technical assistance

• Audiences

• Services

• Garrett Lee Smith youth suicide prevention
  grantees
• 64 state/tribes/territories
• 78 campuses
• Suicide prevention coalitions
• Other organizations, communities, and individuals
• SAMHSA and other national partners

• Individual consultation
• Group calls and webinars
• Grantee listserv and annual grantee meetings
• Resources, publications, and tools

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Prevention Specialists
http//www.sprc.org/featured_resources/ps/state.as
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2. Training

• SPRC Training Institute
• Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk Core
  Competencies for Mental Health Professionals
• Four online training courses on youth suicide
  prevention
• Research to Practice webinars
• Suicide Prevention in Juvenile Correctional
  Facilities A Curriculum for State Agency
  Directors

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3. Resources

• Comprehensive website
• Online library
• Web pages for states and US territories
  http//www.sprc.org/stateinformation/index.asp
• Youth suicide prevention grant descriptions
• Publications and other resources
• The Weekly Spark e-newsletter

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4. Science, Policy, and Practice
Best Practices Registry (BPR)
Section I Evidence-Based Programs
Section II Expert and Consensus Statements
Section III Adherence to Standards
http//www.sprc.org/featured_resources/bpr/index.a
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4. Science, Policy, and Practice

• Recent publications
• 2009 Federal legislation update Suicide
  prevention and mental health parity (also for
  State)
• White paper on suicide and LGBT youth (December
  2008)
• Is your patient suicidal? and Suicide risk A
  guide for evaluation and triage (2008)
• Preventing youth suicide in rural America
  Recommendations to states (2008)

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III. Resources for your work
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SPRC website

• From www.sprc.org
• State pages (within State Information)
• Youth suicide prevention grant descriptions
  (within SAMHSA Grantees)
• Other online library, publications, Best
  Practices Registry, customized information pages
• Links to partner organizations (within About
  SPRC)

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What we have covered

• Suicide as a public health problem
• SPRCs history, mission, functions
• Resources for your work

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Problems are complex and go beyond the
capacity, resources, or jurisdiction for any
single person, program, organization, or sector
to change or control.
Lasker R, Weiss E. 2003. Broadening participation
in community problem solving A multidisciplinary
model to support collaborative practice and
research. Journal of Urban Health Bulletin of
the New York Academy of Medicine. 80(1)5.
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Thank you
Katie Wootten, Senior Prevention
Specialist Suicide Prevention Resource
Center 1000 Potomac Street NW, Suite
350 Washington, DC 20007 kwootten_at_edc.org 202.57
2.3722 info_at_sprc.org / www.sprc.org 877.GET.SPRC
(438.7772) 617.964.5448 TTY