Suicide Intervention and Prevention in Alberta

For further information, I’ve included the following links to websites that can provide youth and youth workers with more information on mental health and suicide intervention and prevention:

• Suicide Prevention - Crisis Centres Serving Alberta
• Suicide Prevention - Survivor Support
• Lethbridge Family Services
• Mental Health - Southern Alberta Programs and Services
• Suicide Info - Alberta Workshops
• Canadian Mental Health Association - Southern Alberta Region
• Alberta Suicide Support Groups
• City of Lethbridge - Crisis Support and Services

OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION

1. Development Questions
2. Demographics of Youth Suicide: Gender, Age,Geography, Socioeconomic Status
3. Risk Factors for Suicidal Behavior
4. Warning Signs and Common Myths
5. Exposure to Peer Suicide – Grief
6. Suicide Risk Assessment: Change, Hope,Connection
7. Establishing aConnection: Empathy versus Sympathy
8. Suicide and SocialNetworking Sites
9. Frameworks: ACommunity Based Approach to Preventing Youth Suicide
10. Suicide Intervention and Prevention in AlbertaYOU ARE HERE!
11. Works Cited