Join EDC at AAS Annual Conference
EDC will participate in a variety of sessions at the American Association of Suicidology (AAS) Annual Conference, April 18–21, in Washington, D.C. More than 1,500 suicide prevention professionals—including advocates, health care leaders, researchers, crisis center representatives, suicide attempt survivors, and those who have survived suicide loss—are expected. This year’s conference will focus on the integration of science, experience, and political will to encourage concrete action.
EDC will host two exhibit booths (203 and 204) and participate in sessions on topics such as creating and sustaining public-private partnerships, incorporating lived experience into prevention efforts, and the Zero Suicide approach designed for clinicians in health care facilities.
Also this year, the AAS Public Policy Award will be presented to longtime EDC colleague U.S. Congresswoman Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA), who serves on the executive committee of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, which is managed by EDC.
“Rep. Napolitano’s commitment to advancing the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention and saving lives from the tragedy of suicide in the U.S. is incredible,” said EDC Senior Vice President Jerry Reed in an AAS press statement.
The full list of EDC sessions is below.
Date and Time | Title | EDC Staff |
Wednesday, April 18 | ||
8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
| State Suicide Prevention Coordinators: Sustaining Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Efforts | Adam Swanson, Ashleigh Husbands |
1–4:30 p.m. | Zero Suicide: Comprehensive Suicide Care in Health and Behavioral Health Care Systems | Jan Ulrich, Jennifer Myers, Julie Goldstein Grumet |
6 p.m. | Suicidal Patients’ Perceptions of Nursing Care During Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment (poster session) | Kimberly H. McManama O’Brien |
Thursday, April 19 | ||
1–2 p.m. | Addressing Lethal Means Access through a Novel, Public-Private Partnership Approach | Keita Franklin, Stephen Kaminski, Steve Sanetti |
2:15–3:15 p.m. | Integrating and Augmenting Lived Experience in Health and Behavioral Health Settings: Strategies, Impact, and Lessons Learned in the Field | Jennifer Myers |
4:45–5:45 p.m. | Interdisciplinary Use of Lived Experience Narratives in Clinical Training Programs | Kimberly H. McManama O’Brien |
Friday, April 20 | ||
9:30–10:15 a.m. | Aligning Efforts in the Public Sector: The National Response to Suicide | Jerry Reed (moderator) |
1–2 p.m. | Developing a Competent, Confident, Caring Workforce: Preliminary Analysis of the Zero Suicide Workforce Survey and the Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk Training Evaluation | Adam Chu, Jennifer Myers, Nicole Tirone |
2:15–3:15 p.m. | Crafting Your Story of Suicide Loss for the Public: Safe and Strategic Sharing | Linda Langford |
2:15–3:15 p.m. | An Examination of Workforce Development Capacities and Needs among Garrett Lee Smith Suicide Prevention Grantees Between 2012 and 2018 | Scott Formica, Kerri Nickerson, Elly Stout (coauthors) |
3:30–4:30 p.m. | New Efforts to Mobilize Faith Communities to Help Prevent Suicide: Lessons Learned and Future Directions | Avery Belyeu, Kimberly Torguson, David Litts |
4:45–5:45 p.m. | Qualitative Investigation of the Role of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescent Suicide Attempts | Kimberly H. McManama O’Brien |
4:45–5:45 p.m. | Making Suicide Care Safer: Proposed Minimum Standards for Suicide Care in Health Care Organizations | Mike Hogan, Skip Simpson, Bart Andrews |
Saturday, April 21 | ||
1–2 p.m. | Exploring and Addressing the Undercounting of Suicide in Drug-Related Deaths | Kristen Quinlan (moderator) |
1–2 p.m. | The Power of Public-Private Partnerships to Prevent Suicide | Colleen Carr |
1–2 p.m. | SPRC’s Effective Suicide Prevention Model in Practice: Operationalizing Sustainable Community Prevention in Wyoming and Beyond | Linda Langford
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3:30–4:30 p.m. | Making our Collective Voices Louder: Unified Messaging during National Suicide Prevention Month | Kimberly Torguson
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