Addressing Suicide Risk – Prevention, Stigma, and Support

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Addressing Suicide Risk – Prevention, Stigma, and Support

Thursday, September 08, 2022 12:00 pm

- 1:00 pm ET

During National Suicide Prevention Week 2022, ADAA and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) came together to remind you that whether you are struggling with suicide or have lost a loved one to suicide, that you are not alone.

This webinar and discussion reviewed the warning signs, the questions to ask for help or to provide support to others, and what to do when in crisis.

This webinar was presented in partnership with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP).

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Presenter(s) Biography

Alex Bettis, PhD

Dr. Alex Bettis is a licensed clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at VUMC. She received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Vanderbilt University in 2018, and completed her pre-doctoral clinical internship in the UCLA Semel Institute General Child Track. Dr. Bettis completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the Brown Medical School Child Mental Health T32 program prior to joining the faculty at VUMC. Alex has been a member of ADAA for several years, is co-chair the Suicide and Self-Harm Special Interest Group and co-chair of the Ailes Muskin Career Development Leadership Awards Program.

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Jill Harkavy-Friedman, PhD

Jill Harkavy-Friedman, PhD is the Senior Vice President of Research and leads the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s research program to advance the field of suicide prevention. AFSP's research program provides funding to research grants, offers workshops and training to researchers, and disseminates research findings to increase public awareness and support advocacy in mental health and suicide prevention. With over 35 years of experience as a clinician and a suicide prevention researcher, she is passionate about translating research into practice, publishing over 100 peer-reviewed articles and training clinicians around the nation. She assists with AFSP’s development of programs and messages that reflect best practices and current research. She works with other national and international research organizations to help set the suicide prevention research agenda and encourage innovative research.

Dr. Harkavy-Friedman earned her B.A. in Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and her PhD. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Florida. She completed her internship at Yale-New Haven Hospital. In 1984, she joined Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, establishing the Adolescent Depression and Suicide Program. In 1989, she moved to Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute where she is an associate professor in the department of psychiatry. She joined the staff AFSP in 2011. She maintains a clinical practice in Manhattan.

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