Suicide Prevention Archives

Interdisciplinary Leadership: Reducing Risk & Suicide in Your Jail

What does it take to create safer, more effective jails? NCCHC Resources Managing Director Fred Meyer, MA, CJM, CCHP, and Ashley Brinkman, PhD, LPC, CCHP, join AJA Executive Director Chris Daniels, MPA, CAE, to discuss interdisciplinary leadership, suicide prevention, and today’s most pressing correctional mental health challenges. Hear practical strategies for addressing staffing shortages, responding […]

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Suicide Prevention Among Correctional Health Care Professionals

As Mental Health Month nears its end, we should take a few moments to consider the challenges faced by our peers and coworkers who dedicate themselves to caring for others. Correctional health care professionals operate in one of the most demanding environments in health care. They deliver essential medical and psychiatric services to a population

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Suicide Prevention: Taking Care of Correctional Health and Custody Professionals

As Suicide Prevention Month comes to a close, it’s important that we continue to keep the health and wellbeing of our friends, families, coworkers, and ourselves in mind. All too often, correctional health and custody professionals put others first in their personal and professional lives. With a call to serve, that makes perfect sense and

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