Special WebConference Audio: Addressing the Suicide Epidemic: Galvanizing Community Leaders and the Media

September 2, 2008 in DMH, Special Events by admin

Dr. Steven K. Galson, Acting Surgeon General
Dr. Daniel Reidenberg, Executive Director of SAVE
and many others, see Full Agenda below for details as well as full audio clips from the presentations and some slides.

The event was held on
Thursday September 4, 2008
Kauffman Foundation Conference Center
4801 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, Missouri

Full Agenda as PDF


Co-Sponsors

  • KC-SAPP (Kansas City Suicide Awareness and Prevention Program)
  • UMKC School of Medicine
  • Suicide Prevention Subcommittee Kansas Governor’s Mental Health Services Planning Council
  • Missouri Department of Mental Health
  • Headquarters Counseling Center
  • Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
  • Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City
  • New Directions Behavioral Health
  • Western Missouri Mental Health Center


    • Resources

  • Other DMH Suicide Conferences
  • The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent Suicide 1999
  • Customized Information for the Media from SPRC
  • At-a-Glance: Safe Reporting on Suicide
  • Slides for Media Implications of Open The Corridor approach to suicide prevention from Bill Geis, PhD, UMKC School of Medicine and KC-SAPP
  • Slides for Guidelines, Tips And Ways To Help The Media For Community Members And Professionals from Dr. Reidenberg


    • Audio Archives

     
    icon for podpress   Addressing the Suicide Epidemic: Rear Admiral Steven K. Galson, MD, MPH, Acting Surgeon General : Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

     
    icon for podpress  The Media and Suicide: The Good, The Bad And The Goal Of Better Suicide Prevention Daniel J. Reidenberg, PsyD, FAPA, Executive Director, SAVE (Suicide Awareness Voices of Education) : Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

     
    icon for podpress  Panel Discussion and Q & A : Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

     
    icon for podpress  Media Implications of Open The Corridor approach to suicide prevention; and Introduction to Workshop: Bill Geis, PhD, UMKC School of Medicine and KC-SAPP : Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

     
    icon for podpress  Guidelines, Tips And Ways To Help The Media For Community Members And Professionals : Dr. Reidenberg : Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

    Addressing the Suicide Epidemic: Galvanizing Community Leaders and the Media

    September 2, 2008 in DMH, Special Events by admin

    Date:

    Thursday, September 4th from 11:15am to 4:00pm CDT
    Registration Fee: Free
    Program Description:

    This workshop will provide guidelines for responsible leadership among the media and community spokespersons, with the goal of preventing suicides through enlightened coverage of such events, and galvanizing community action to prevent future suicides.

    Agenda:

    11:15 - 1:30 Plenary Program

  • Surgeon General Galson “Addressing the Suicide Epidemic”
  • Dr. Reidenberg “Suicide: The Good, The Bad, and The Goal of Better Suicide Prevention”
  • J. Schafer, Kansas Public Radio, moderator Panel Discussion andQuestion and Answer Session
  • Dr. Galson and Dr. Reidenberg joined by panelists from MO Dept. of Mental Health; and KS suicide prevention committee

    • 1:45 - 4:00 Workshop

  • Dr. Reidenberg “Guidelines, Tips, and Ways to Help The Media”

    • Full Agenda as PDF


    Program Presenters: Dr. Steven K. Galson, Acting Surgeon General

    Dr. Daniel Reidenberg, Executive Director of SAVE

    and many others, please see full agenda below.

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