The historic response by organizations after a suicide was to sweep it under the rug or ignore the elephant in the room. There are many reasons for this, some of which result from the stigma and ...

When Air Force Chaplain, Captain Kelly Parker, sits with a service member who’s hurting, and words are hard to come by, the single word tattooed on her arm can fill the silence and get her message ...

Written by Rachael Steimnitz, NAMI-NYC's Director of Workplace Mental Health, and Alayna Auerbach, NAMI-NYC's Manager of Workplace Mental Health “One year and we’re still here” is the celebration ...

Shneidman (1981) coined the term postvention, in contrast to prevention, to describe the sorts of actions taken after a suicide largely to help survivors such as family, friends, and co-workers.

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. (Staff Sgt. Christine Groening/Air Force) We see suicide in the headlines almost every day, most recently with another tragic veteran suicide ...

Early this year, HB 21-119 passed into law, broadening Colorado’s focus on Suicide prevention to include “postvention.” Edwin Schneidman, “the father of modern suicidology,” in 1972 used the term ...

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WEAU) - A group in Chippewa Falls is looking to support those grieving, just in time for the holidays. An update to the original Suicide Postvention Handbook aims to help all ...

Donna Fox: “We now have 16 suicide postvention trainers in Minnesota as a result of that program. These people can now return to their home communities and begin training other professionals in ...

AURORA, Colo., Sept. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- VitalCog: Mental Health and Suicide Education is expanding its evidenced-based training and education services to better support businesses and ...

When Jo Langford lost her husband David to suicide eight years ago, she lost a part of herself too. Jo Langford lost her husband and father of their three children David to suicide in 2013 She is now ...