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Samaritans Annual SafePlace Memorial Service
This healing and wonderfully powerful evening allows us to come together as a community to remember our friends and family we have lost to suicide. It is an opportunity to reconnect, support one another, and share memories. The service is interdenominational and all are invited to participate in any manner that feels comfortable. You can read a poem or a letter, play a song, tell a story, or simply sit among friends and be a part of this very beautiful and important (yet often unseen) community. Whether or not you have ever participated in a Samaritans SafePlace meeting, especially if you have personally been touched by suicide, you are welcome to attend this free event. Sunday, January 11, 2009, 6:00-8:00pm. Reception to follow. First Unitarian Universalist Church, 630 Mass Ave, Arlington Center. Please Respond by January 2nd by emailing kkates@samaritanshope.org
Frameworks Suicide Prevention Training
If you would like to better understand the Frameworks project, how to recognize someone at risk of suicide, and how to connect that person with appropriate help please join us for this free training. Thursday, January 15, 2009, 10:00 am to 1:30 pm, Haverhill Public Library, Haverhill, MA. RSVP to Debbie at (978) 688-0030 or dhelms@familyserviceinc.com
MDPH Suicide Prevention Training Calendar Is On-line
Suicide prevention training is available from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Both the calendar and on-line registration for the training can be found on the MDPH web site.
SAMHSA Awards $4.5 Million to Help Colleges and Universities Prevent Suicide
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Mental Health Services announced the awarding of 17 grants to prevent suicide on college campuses. The Campus Suicide Prevention Grants Program is designed to assist colleges and universities in their efforts to prevent suicide attempts and completions. The program also enhances services for students with mental and behavioral health problems, such as depression and substance abuse, which put them at risk for suicide and suicide attempts. For more information, visit: http://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/advisories/0809105245.aspx
More Americans Than Ever Turn to Network Hotline (1-800-273-TALK) for Help
SAMHSA and other mental health groups are using National Suicide Prevention Week to encourage people in crisis and those who are concerned about someone possibly at risk for suicide to use the Lifeline and the many lifesaving services it offers. For more information, visit: http://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/advisories/0809092501.aspx
New York Times Article: "The Urge to End It All"
This interesting and informative article by Scott Anderson was published in the New York Times on July 6, 2008. Click here to read the text.
Massachusetts Legislature Approves $4.75 Million for Suicide Prevention
July 14, 2008
Governor Deval Patrick signed the state budget which includes $4.75 million for suicide prevention in the Department of Public Health line item for Fiscal 2009. This represents a $1 million increase in funding for suicide prevention. To express your thanks to the legislature call, email or write to the governor or your local representative.
Frameworks Program Comes to Massachusetts
The Frameworks suicide prevention program developed in New Hampshire is being adopted by Massachusetts communities. To see the story in the Haverhill Gazette click here.
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