1. Suicide Awareness Naropa University February 6, 2013
Stephanie Small, LCSW

2. Suicide Awareness Awareness is: Introduction to scope of issue
Start to attune your eyes, ears, mind and gut to indicators of suicidality
Learn about resources, both at Naropa and worldwide

3. Suicide Awareness
A Look at Some Statistics USA, 2010 Population: 308,745,538 Number of Reported Suicides: 38,364

4. Number of Unreported Suicides: 5%-25% more
Suicide Awareness
Number of Unreported Suicides: 5%-25% more

5. Suicide Awareness
Number of Suicidal Behaviors: times greater than number of suicides

6. Number of People Impacted: ???
Suicide Awareness
Number of People Impacted: ???

7. Suicide Awareness
In any given 2-week period, 1 in 20 people is having thoughts of suicide. All statistics from

8. Suicide Awareness
Why don’t people with thoughts of suicide let us know they need help? What do people with thoughts of suicide do instead to let us know they need help?

9. Suicide Awareness
INVITATIONS
Behaviors
Statements
Events
Emotion

10. Suicide Awareness “Will they get mad if I pry?”
“Isn’t it just certain groups of people who are most at-risk?”
“Won’t someone else better trained pick up on it?”

11. Suicide Awareness Resources Naropa:
“Report a Student Concern” on my.naropa
Counseling Center
Student Affairs Staff
Support Line:

12. Suicide Awareness Resources Community:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: TALK (24/7)
Hopeline: SUICIDE (24/7)
Crisis Chat: (12 am – 12 pm)

13. Suicide Awareness LivingWorks www.livingworks.net ASIST and safeTALK
Official models adopted by Naropa University
Millions trained worldwide
Official methods used by military, navy, school districts, certain countries