Saving the farm: US heartland clergy train to prevent agriculture workers’ suicides
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports on an initiative in which states such as Minnesota and South Dakota are offering suicide prevention training to clergy – a crucial, trusted presence in rural America…
The Long Read: Why the US Navy is deploying more chaplains for suicide prevention
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports on moves to deploy chaplains as regular members of the crew on more ships…
Essay: Suicide prevention for our youth is doable – we must act now
As the US marks National Suicide Prevention Month, GLEN BLOOMSTROM, a member of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention Faith Communities Task Force, says there is no better time to take the step to be trained in suicide prevention measures…
Sight-Seeing: “Natural helpers” – needed reinforcements to head off looming suicides of despair
GLEN BLOOMSTROM, director of US-based Faith Community Engagement for LivingWorks Education – a suicide intervention training company, writes, in an article first published on Religion News Service, about the importance of “natural helpers” in suicide prevention…
ESSAY: R U OK DAY IS COMING UP, BUT WHAT DO YOU DO IF SOMEONE SAYS ‘NO’?
With R U OK Day to be held on Thursday in Australia, JILL NEWBY and CHIEN HOONG GOOI, of UNSW, look – in an article first published on the Conversation – at what to do if someone indicates they’re not OK…