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Umatter Suicide Prevention Community Awareness Debby Haskins, MS, LADC, CCS

Umatter Suicide Prevention Community Awareness Debby Haskins, MS, LADC, CCS Suicide Prevention Specialist debby@healthandlearning.org Nicole Miller, MSW Mental Health Program Specialist nicole@healthandlearning.org. National & State Data.

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Umatter Suicide Prevention Community Awareness Debby Haskins, MS, LADC, CCS

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  1. Umatter Suicide Prevention Community Awareness Debby Haskins, MS, LADC, CCS Suicide Prevention Specialist debby@healthandlearning.org Nicole Miller, MSW Mental Health Program Specialist nicole@healthandlearning.org

  2. National & State Data

  3. The Big Picture: The Context of Suicide in the US Non-Suicidal Self Injury  7% - 25% prevalence during adolescence and young adulthood All ages: ~500,000 treated in EDs annually Ideation 9.3 million past year prevalence in US Highest in ages 18-24 (7.4%) Attempts 1.3 million attempts in past year Highest in ages 18-25 (2.5%) Deaths > 44,000/yr

  4. Suicide Attempts- National Data 25:1 attempts to deaths 100-200 : 1 attempts to deaths in young people 4 : 1 attempts to deaths in elderly

  5. Suicide Trends in Vermont and the US

  6. Population Correlates of High Vermont Suicide Rates • Consistently Ranked as 1st or 2nd healthiest US state, BUT… • High rates of binge drinking – 17% in past month for adults • High rates of firearm ownership & easy purchase of • firearms (Kalesan et al., 2015) • Rural population – 2nd most rural in Northeastern US • Older population –17.6% aged 65 and over (2nd highest in US)

  7. VERMONT YRBS 2015 DATA(High School Students)

  8. Source: CDC WISQARS

  9. Lethal Means in Vermont

  10. SUBSTANCE ABUSE & DEPRESSION People with a recent major depressive episode who also had recent drug/alcohol use were more than 2x as likely to attempt suicide than were people with depression who did not have drug/alcohol use.

  11. THOMAS JOINER’S THEORY: Why People Die By Suicide Those Who Desire Suicide Perceived Burdensomeness Those Who Are Capable of Suicide Serious Attempt or Death by Suicide Thwarted Belongingness

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