Transcript Building a Statewide Suicide Prevention Network

History of TSPN /
Statewide Suicide
Prevention Initiatives for
Survivors of Suicide and
Suicide Attempts
October 24, 2014
Scott Ridgway, MS
Executive Director
“Saving Lives in Tennessee”
Postvention
Prevention:
• Support groups
• Work with media
• Work with schools
and businesses
• Suicide prevention
trainings
• Advocacy/public
policy
• Suicide awareness
Intervention
• Crisis counseling
• 911
• Hospitalization,
walk-in centers,
CSUs
History of TSPN: Beginnings
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1998: Dr. Ken Tullis (attempt survivor) and wife
Madge Tullis attend National Suicide Prevention
Conference held in Reno; begin campaign to
“SPAN the State of Tennessee”
1999: Tennessee Suicide Prevention Conference
presents the Tennessee Strategy for Suicide
Prevention (first suicide prevention conference in
Tennessee)
History of TSPN: Beginnings
Spring 2001: 1,300 people/ attended the five
regional conferences held across the state
 July 2001: Suicide Prevention Council hires
Executive Director
 October 2001: Tennessee Suicide Prevention
Network formally organized and holds first
meeting
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History of TSPN: Beginnings
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December 2001: Suicide Prevention Advisory
Council appointed by Governor Don Sundquist
 TSPN has maintained support
through three
consecutive gubernatorial administrations
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January 2002: Intra-State Departmental Group
formed
TSPN’s Advisory Council
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Governor-appointed
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Independent and nonpartisan
Two-year appointments
Consecutive pending reappointment
Review and evaluate TSPN activities and
objectives through committees
 Advocate for public policy change on the
statewide level regarding suicide prevention
 Preside over eight regional networks
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Intra-State Departmental Groups
Members of state departments and agencies
 Advise TSPN on an ex officio basis
 Promote TSPN events and implement TSPN
activities within their departments
 Work to update department policy and
procedures relevant to suicide prevention
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TSPN Regions and Current Regional Chairs
Sabrina Anderson
Boys and Girls Clubs of
Jackson-Madison County
832 Lexington Street
Jackson, TN 38301
(731) 422-2008
[email protected]
Anne Stamps
Center Director
Cumberland Mountain
MHC / Dale Hollow MHC
501 Spruce Street
Livingston, TN 38570-2025
Christen Thorpe, MS, CRC, CATSM
(931) 484-8020 or
Pastoral Counseling Centers of Tennessee 823-5678
(615) 383-2115, extension 70
[email protected]
[email protected]
Mid-Cumberland
Rural West
Stewart
Obion
Weakley
Robertson
Sumner
Macon
Humphreys
De Kalb
Carroll
Fayette
Hardeman McNairy
Williamson
Hardin
Memphis/
Shelby County
Area
Waring Porter
Pastor, All Saints Presbyterian Church
(901) 233-2175
[email protected]
Claiborne
Perry
White
Campbell
Lewis
Bedford
Coffee
Lawrence
Giles
Lincoln
South Central
Karyl Chastain Beal, M.Ed, CT
Parents of Suicides/Friends and
Families of Suicides
(931) 388-9289
[email protected]
Franklin
Van
Buren
Washington
Carter
Greene
Knox
Cumberland
Jefferson
Cocke
Sevier
Loudon
Blount
Rhea
Grundy
Marion
Sullivan
Hawkins
Union
Roane
Warren
Maury
Northeast
Hancock
Morgan
Rutherford
Hickman
Wayne
Fentress
Putnam
Wilson
Chester
Shelby
Scott
Smith
Davidson
Dickson
Gibson
Jackson Overton
Harold Leonard, MA, LPC-MHSP
Cognitive Behavioral Specialists of the
Tri-Cities
(423) 245-5608
[email protected]
East Tennessee
Pickett
Clay
Trousdale
Houston
Haywood Madison
Tipton
Upper Cumberland
Henry
Decatur
Dyer
Anne Young, MS, CAS
Cornerstone of Recovery
(865) 970-0500
[email protected]
McMinn
Bradley
Monroe
Polk
Southeast
Eve Nite
Mental Health Cooperative of Chattanooga
(423) 697-5952
[email protected]
Advisory Council Chairperson
Tim Tatum, MA, LPC-MHSP
Pine Ridge Treatment Center
(423) 339-4351
[email protected]
Executive Director
Scott Ridgway, MS
(615) 297-1077
[email protected]
TSPN: A Public/Private
Partnership
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Participants (Private)
 Survivors and attempters
 Mental health and public
health professionals
 Existing suicide prevention groups (i.e., AFSP, AAS,
Jason Foundation, SPRC, Yellow Ribbon)
 Clergy
 Journalists
TSPN: A Public/Private
Partnership
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Participants (Public)
 TDOH
 Injury Prevention
 Child and Maternal Health
 Health Statistics
 TDMHSAS
 A&D
 Children and Youth
 Older Adults
 TDCS, TDOE, TDHS, TDOC
 TBI
 Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability
 Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth
TSPN’s Regional Networks
Implement TSPN objectives on the local level
 Organize regional awareness and educational
events
 Provide assistance in local postvention efforts
 Promote public policy change locally and
statewide
 Local support for statewide TSPN projects
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Suicide by the Numbers
2008
965
Tennessee
(15.7)
36,035
U.S.
(11.8)
2009 2010 2011
2012
939
932
938
956
(15.1) (14.7) (14.6) (14.8)
36,909 38,364 39,518 40,600
(12.0) (12.4) (12.7) (12.9)
Source: TDOH, 2011; CDC, 2010
2013
1,017
(15.7)
N/A
Leading Methods of Suicide Death
in Tennessee, 2012
FIREARMS (62.6%)
SUFFOCATION (18.6%)
POISONING (13.5%)
OTHER (5.3%)
Source: TDOH, 2012
Suicide Prevention Legislation
in Tennessee
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Jason Flatt Act of 2007: Mandates 2 hours of inservice suicide prevention training for public school
staff
 Has been replicated in 10 other states
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Kenneth and Madge Tullis, MD, Suicide Prevention
Act of 2015 introduced in General Assembly
 Mandates suicide prevention training as part of
professional licensure requirements
Suicide Prevention
Awareness Month
Observed every September since 2001
 Statewide and local awareness events
 Statewide and local proclamation project (88
out of 95 counties covered this year; 130
documents)
 Awareness walks
 Exhibits at local conferences and other events
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TSPN’s Publications
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Brochures:
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Survivors of Suicide groups
Older adults
Youth
Midlife
Veterans
Bullying and suicide
Substance abuse and suicide
GLBT
African-Americans
TSPN’s Publications
Church bulletin inserts
 Regional resource directories
 TSPN Call to Action (monthly)
 Status of Suicide in Tennessee (annual)
 Out of the Shadows (bi-monthly, survivors)
 can you hear me? (bi-monthly, attempt
survivors)
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TSPN’s Outreach
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Suicide postvention and debriefing
Veterans outreach through NAMI, TDMHSAS, Fort
Campbell, VA centers
Law enforcement (i.e., CIT)
Tennessee Lawyers Assistance Program/
Tennessee Bar Association
African-American church conferences
Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
Gun Safety Project
TSPN’s Outreach
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Partnership with Your Heart
on Art, Inc. to promote
therapeutic art sessions
Planning underway for
VI13ON, a statewide
motorcycle rally /awareness
project slated for
September 2015
Resources:
Telephone, Internet & Apps
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
 Apps 
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Internet
 Suicidepreventionlifeline.org
 TSPN  tspn.org
 SPRC  sprc.org
 AAS
 suicidology.com
 NSPL
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Resources
TSPN website: www.tspn.org
 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:
1-800-273-TALK (8255)
 Survivors of Suicide groups listed at
http://tspn.org/for-survivors-of-suicide
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Introductions
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Karyl Chastain Beal, survivor of suicide, facilitator of
the Parents of Suicides/Friends and Families of
Suicides online support group; Co-Chair, TSPN
Advisory Council
Cindy Johnson, survivor of suicide, Chair of TSPN
Montgomery-Houston-Stewart County Suicide
Prevention Task Force
Samantha Nadler (@foughtforhope), advocate for
survivors of suicide attempts, Middle TN Regional
Coordinator