The Suicide Prevention Center of New York’s “AIM for Zero: Suicide Care is Healthcare” symposium September 28-30 featured 11 outstanding presentations by leading experts on the Zero Suicide Model for healthcare. The presentations covered the model’s history, evidence base, core elements, screening and assessment tools, use in primary care, emergency departments, and crisis care systems, and special implications for preventing suicide among Black adolescents, LGBTQ youth, and members of tribal nations.
Here is a listing of the 11 individual summaries:
“Vision Zero: Eliminating Suicide & Transforming Healthcare” C. Edward Coffey, a professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina [WATCH VIDEO]
“If Preventing Suicide is Our Target, Suicide Safe Care—in all Healthcare Settings—Is the Bullseye” Michael Hogan, former New York State Commissioner of Mental Health and co-developer of the Zero Suicide Model [WATCH VIDEO]
“A National Perspective on Zero Suicide in Healthcare” Richard McKeon, Branch Chief for Suicide Prevention at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) [WATCH VIDEO]
“Implementing Zero Suicide in Health Systems” Brian Ahmedani, director of the Center for Health Policy and Health Services Research at the Henry Ford Health System [WATCH VIDEO]
“Best Practices for Primary Care” Virna Little, Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder of Concert Health, a national organization providing behavioral health services to primary care providers [WATCH VIDEO]
“Zero Suicide Work in Emergency Departments: Opening Pandora’s Box” Edwin Boudreaux, professor of Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry, and Quantitative Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Medical School [WATCH VIDEO]
“The Promise of 988: Crisis Care for Everyone, Everywhere, Every Time” [WATCH VIDEO] David W. Covington, member of the Executive Committee of National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention
“From Equality to Equity in LGBTQ Youth Suicide Prevention” Keygan Miller, Senior Advocacy Associate for The Trevor Project [WATCH VIDEO]
“Singing in a Strange Land: Suicide Prevention for Black Youth” Sherry Molock, associate professor in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at George Washington University [WATCH VIDEO]
“Making Suicide a Never Event – Zero Suicide in Indian Country” Sadé Heart of the Hawk Ali, Tribal Lead and a Senior Project Associate at the Zero Suicide Institute and former Deputy Commissioner of Philadelphia’s Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services [WATCH VIDEO]
“A Zero Suicide Story” Wykisha McKinney, Zero Suicide Program Manager at The Harris Center for Mental Health & IDD (Intellectual or Developmental Disability) [WATCH VIDEO]
READ MORE: The Zero Suicide Model in Tompkins County
If you or someone you know feels the need to speak with a mental health professional, you can contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741-741.
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