Webinars
Through the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, our Best is Yet to Come program (BYTC) provides free, live webinars on various topics with the main goal of addressing mental health issues and preventing suicide among our Veterans, service members and their families. Check below for upcoming webinars.
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September: Suicide Prevention
Awareness Month
3 Part Series:
Suicide Awareness
& Prevention
Thursday, September 3rd @ 10am
This webinar is a suicide prevention 101 training. Topics discussed include statistics, risk factors, warning signs and more. Participants will walk away with the knowledge of how to identify those at risk for suicide and feel confident in their ability to provide help for those individuals.
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Veteran Suicide Prevention
Wednesday, September 9th @ 11am
This webinar will discuss theories and concepts behind why Veteran specifically are at a higher risk for dying by suicide when compared to their civilian counterparts. We will discuss Psychologist Thomas Joiner's Interpersonal Psychological Theory of suicide and dive into the special considerations we need to have for this specific population. Protective factors are discussed as well as prevention methods for Veterans specifically.
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Women Veterans &
Suicide Prevention
Monday, September 21st @ 1pm
In this webinar we will discuss the lifespan of the average woman Veteran and the unique struggles she faces when compared to her male counterpart. We will discuss data and statistics that indicate the discrepancy between the two genders and how females are at a higher risk for a variety of things such as mental health issues, substance abuse/misuse, Military Sexual Trauma, and suicidal ideation. We also discuss methods and tactics specifically targeting women Veterans to address this issue.
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