Suicide Prevention and Intervention for Transition Age Youth on College Campuses

Presenters: Andy McLane, MD, MPH & Sarah Nielsen, PhD, OTR/L

May 13th, 2020 @ 11:00 am MT (10:00 PT/12:00 CT/1:00 ET)

Higher education settings are increasingly tasked with responding to the mental health needs of students and transition age youth on campuses. This session will focus on increasing faculty and staff understanding of suicidality and best practices for supporting students and transition age youth experiencing thoughts of suicide. Particular attention will be given to identifying warning signs for suicidality, best practices for screening and referring individuals to campus based care and best practices for suicide interventions for college and transition age youth.