Suicide Prevention Initiatives

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Suicide Prevention Initiativeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16920549255686644974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211883813918409125.post-59111061576373316952012-01-16T12:54:00.002-05:002012-01-16T12:54:34.170-05:00Walk for Life 2011

Walk for Life Exceeds Expectations SPI’s 2011 Walk for Life in Riverside Park on May 7th was a smashing success. It began with a sunny day and breakfast near the walk site at the Boat Basin Café. During breakfast it was announced that we raised over $80,000, exceeding by far our original goal of $50,000. SPI was then honored by the American Mental Health Foundation “For Innovative Research

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Herbert Hendin was recently honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at a packed luncheon at the University Club in Manhattan by Suicide Prevention International (SPI), one of two major suicide prevention organizations he helped to found and direct. He is not resting on past laurels. The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, has just awarded him and SPI a major grant for a project intended

Suicide Prevention Initiativeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16920549255686644974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211883813918409125.post-34396093033285098802011-12-02T10:03:00.001-05:002011-12-02T10:27:33.669-05:00Life Lines Luncheon Exceeds Expectations

From Left: Colonel Willard Buhl, Christina Newman, Manager, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Dr. Herbert Hendin, SPI CEO, Catharine Grimes, Director, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, and Al Rabil, SPI Development Committee Chair and President and CEO, Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors, at SPI's Life Lines Luncheon, November 16th Every seat at every available table was

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Since it was founded in 2006, SPI has completed or is currently completing several programs aimed at reducing suicide among at-risk populations. Learn more by clicking the links below. Suicide Prevention in Vietnam Physician Depression/Prevention

Suicide Prevention Initiativeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16920549255686644974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211883813918409125.post-75457009104172383432011-10-28T12:42:00.002-04:002012-02-24T11:52:33.893-05:00Healing the Hidden Wounds of War

Under the leadership of CEO Zach Iscol, a combat decorated former Marine officer and Iraq veteran of the Battle of Fallujah, and Medical Director Dr. Herbert Hendin, a leading mental healthcare researcher and provider in Postraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), SPI has launched a long term project to provide cost-free, stigma-free, and bureaucracy-free mental healthcare to Iraq and Afghanistan

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Suicide Prevention Initiativeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16920549255686644974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211883813918409125.post-80148400998615726612011-10-06T10:01:00.002-04:002011-10-06T10:01:58.268-04:00New Project: Reducing Suicide among Veterans of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

The high rate of suicide among veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has become a source of public concern. Although our ability to recognize veterans at risk for suicide and intensify the psychiatric care they receive is increasing, they need more than individual psychiatric care. Their problems include work, social relations, and relations with their families. Family Psychoeducation (FPE

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The suicide rate among adolescents and young adults has tripled over the last 60 years, making suicide the second major cause of death among college students and the third major cause of death among those aged 15-24 in the United States today. Suicide is increasingly an issue of importance for younger generations. J-SPI, SPI’s Junior Committee, is a committee of young people who are addressing

Tami Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11367539923543071531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211883813918409125.post-68111430455528097102011-09-20T12:59:00.002-04:002011-09-20T12:59:59.253-04:00SPI Annual Life Luncheon 2011

Tami Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11367539923543071531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211883813918409125.post-72879515232013395902011-09-20T12:52:00.000-04:002011-09-20T12:52:00.616-04:00Pictures from SPI's 2010 Annual Life Lines Luncheon

Tami Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11367539923543071531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211883813918409125.post-25060957716981030322011-09-20T11:12:00.001-04:002011-09-20T15:26:53.691-04:00Contact Us

Suicide Prevention International 1045 Park Avenue | Suite 3C | New York, NY 10028 For more information about volunteering, please complete and submit this form or contact cdevoogd@spiorg.org directly © 2008-2011 Suicide Prevention International, All Rights Reserved. Suicide Prevention International is a registered 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charity.

Tami Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11367539923543071531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211883813918409125.post-12386018255249541992011-05-07T22:52:00.000-04:002011-08-17T10:55:12.830-04:00Suicide Prevention International Honored

The American Mental Health Foundation honored Suicide Prevention International for "outstanding innovative research and treatment programs that are making a major contribution to suicide prevention." Evander Lomke, the Executive Director of AMHF, presented the Foundation's 2011 Stefan de Schill Award plaque and a check to Herbert Hendin, SPI's CEO and Medical Director, at SPI's Walk for Life on

Suicide Prevention Initiativeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16920549255686644974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211883813918409125.post-80672932776659859582011-05-06T23:52:00.000-04:002011-08-17T10:55:37.860-04:00Groundbreaking SPI Study Shows That Suicidal Behavior Can Be Predicted

An enormous barrier to our ability to prevent suicide has been the inability to predict when someone is at acute risk (within 3 months) for suicidal behavior. Herbert Hendin, CEO and Medical Director at Suicide Prevention International, leads a group that developed an instrument, the Affective States Questionnaire (ASQ) that has demonstrated the ability to do just that. Click here to read more.

Suicide Prevention Initiativeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16920549255686644974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211883813918409125.post-910664829219850682011-05-06T23:51:00.000-04:002011-08-17T10:55:59.577-04:00Coping with the Loss of a Patient to Suicide

SPI and the American Psychiatric Association (APA) are making a joint effort to help therapists deal with the loss of a patient to suicide. Click here to see Therapists Reaction to the Suicide of a Patient, an audio-slide presentation by Dr. Herbert Hendin. SPI is conducting workshops in which APA members come to New York to speak with experienced clinicians about their cases and the problems

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Edward J. Dunne, Ph.D., SPI Director of Survivor Initiatives Leah Eisenberg, Partner, Arent Fox Herbert Hendin, M.D., SPI CEO and Development Committee Vice-Chair; Professor of Psychiatry, New York Medical College Josephine Hendin, Ph.D., Professor of English, New York University Steven Kelly, MD, PC Anne-Marie Plunkett, PhD, Consultant, UN-HABITAT, OHCHR, SPFII Al Rabil, Development

Suicide Prevention Initiativeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16920549255686644974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211883813918409125.post-86887378256504664852011-05-02T15:50:00.000-04:002011-08-24T10:28:00.088-04:00SPI's Project Investigators

Strategies to Prevent Suicide (STOPS) José Bertolote, M.D. Alexandra Fleischmann, Ph.D. Dan Fox, Ph.D. Ulrich Hegerl, M.D., Ph.D. Herbert Hendin, M.D. Jouko Lönnkvist, M.D. Michael Phillips, M.D., Ph.D. Armin Schmidtke, Ph.D. Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Ph.D. Danuta Wasserman, M.D. Support for Survivors of Suicide Edward Dunne, Ph.D. Herbert Hendin, M.D. Kathy Karich John T. Maltsberger, M.D. Cynthia

Suicide Prevention Initiativeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16920549255686644974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211883813918409125.post-30570448528727409342011-05-02T15:47:00.000-04:002011-08-24T10:28:12.142-04:00SPI's Scientific Committee and Scientific Consultants

The Scientific Committee is responsible for determining the projects that SPI will develop, implement, and fund. SPI's Scientific consultants collaborate with the Committee to review projects in their areas of expertise. * Denotes members of the Scientific Committee. Ryan K. Al Jurdi, M.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Michael E. DeBlakey VA Medical Center, Houston Texas Steven Altchuler,

Suicide Prevention Initiativeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16920549255686644974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211883813918409125.post-6032330169258111422011-05-02T15:43:00.016-04:002012-02-24T12:32:00.053-05:00SPI Directors

Zach IscolZach Iscol, SPI’s CEO, is the writer, director, and producer of The Western Front, a documentary about the war in Iraq based on his personal experiences. The film was screened as part of the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. Zach joined the Marines, fought in the battle of Fallujah, and became a decorated officer. He went back to Iraq to film the war while it was still raging. Since

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Board of Directors | Scientific Committee | Project Investigators | Development Committee Suicide is the eighth major cause of death worldwide. There are one million suicides a year and several hundred million people suffering from serious depression. Suicide is the second major cause of death for women aged 15-44 and the fourth major cause of death for men in that age group. In the United

Suicide Prevention Initiativeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16920549255686644974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211883813918409125.post-90654834001723537262011-03-01T23:34:00.004-05:002011-09-19T11:35:12.161-04:00Publications

Role of Intense Affects in Predicting Short-term Risk for Suicidal Behavior: A Prospective Study (pdf format) Herbert Hendin, Rayan K. Al Jurdi, Patricia R. Houck, Susan Hughes, J. Blake Turner The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 198:3, March 2010 Suicide and Suicide Prevention in Asia (pdf format) Herbert Hendin, Michael R. Phillips, Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Jane Perkis, Hong Wang, Paul Yip,

Suicide Prevention Initiativeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16920549255686644974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211883813918409125.post-42553818046685092362010-11-28T11:17:00.003-05:002011-11-28T11:30:27.874-05:00SPI Events

SPI organizes several events throughout the year to raise support for our projects and increase awareness, including an annual Life Lines Luncheon in November and the Walk for Life, a walk-a-thon in Riverside Park in early May. We encourage you to contact us to get involved. Learn more below. Life Lines Luncheon Walk for Life J-SPI events Walkers celebrate at SPI's 2011 Walk

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SPI is currently working on projects to reduce suicide in rural China, among youth, and among veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars: three populations at high risk for suicide. SPI has also recently developed and is testing the Affective States Questionaire, which has been shown to be much more accurate at predicting acute risk for suicide than other tools. SPI maintains projects to support

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Suicide Prevention Initiatives (SPI) is the leading not-for-profit organization developing, implementing, and funding suicide prevention projects in the United States and worldwide. SPI utilizes its international network of experts to decide what projects are most likely to prevent suicide, selects the investigators to work on them, and is an active partner in conducting the projects from

Suicide Prevention Initiativeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16920549255686644974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211883813918409125.post-59364598380065155962010-11-20T23:10:00.006-05:002011-09-20T12:50:12.302-04:00Pictures from 2011 SPI Walk For Life

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