This Year's Mental Health Kansas City Conference Focuses on Suicide Prevention and Awareness The suicide rate in the United States has risen sharply in recent years and in some demographic categories to the highest levels. That’s why suicide prevention and awareness is this year’s theme at the Mental Health Kansas City Conference on Friday, May [...]
Last month during Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month, Tri-County Mental Health partnered with a popular local website called Kansas City Moms Blog to help share critical information to parents about what they can say and do to help their children struggling with depression or thoughts of suicide. The post received tremendous response from the online [...]
September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Tri-County is working to post on social media, host events and collaborate throughout the month in an effort to share suicide prevention resources, stories and partnerships to help reduce the stigma and encourage prevention. Please see list of resources here: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255 [...]
After hearing about the success of the Zero Suicide approach – a comprehensive program developed by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center and the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention – Tri-County Mental Health Services adopted the program last year. The goal was to: save more lives using a consistent, proven method After only about 18 [...]
