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5th Annual Suicide Prevention Conference:
Supporting Diverse Populations
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Location: Great Wolf Lodge, 1240 Chesapeake Overlook Pkwy, Perryville, MD 21903
The purpose of the 1-day conference is to equip and support those providing care and support on the front lines of suicide prevention through dynamic, informative, and evidence-based research learning opportunities. Now more than ever, it is paramount to bring affordable, high-quality education surrounding mental health issues and suicide prevention to our community. CHEP's goal with this event is to provide a high-quality program that allows the providers attending to walk away with new skills and approaches in helping to mitigate suicide risk in the Harford County area and surrounding areas, with the hope that lives can and will be saved.
Suicide Prevention & The Working-Age Man - Jodi Jacobson Frey, PhD, LCSW-C, CEAP
This presentation will introduce attendees to some of the unique risks and barriers associated with men's mental health and suicide. The presenter will demonstrate how innovative programs such as Man Therapy and the Interactive Screening Program are being used to reach out to working-aged men and engage them in suicide help-seeking behaviors. The presenter will include research being conducted in her Lab to demonstrate how these programs are being evaluated and scaled for larger and more diverse communities.
Learning Objectives:
- Summarize risks for suicide among working-aged men.
- Describe new methods for engaging men in suicide help-seeking behaviors.
- Integrate techniques and online programs into their existing practice to further enhance suicide prevention among men.
- Examine current suicide prevention practices with a critical lens to identify new ways of promoting prevention.
- Develop a plan for next steps to expand current work practices with men to include online innovative programming, such as Man Therapy.