Community Suicide Prevention & Awareness Weekend
Friday, October 19
2:30pm-3:30pm
QPR Training: Question. Persuade. Refer.
QPR training is an hour long educational program designed to teach individuals the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to respond. Training will take place at the OSU Center for Health Sciences Campus in partnership with the Mental Health Association Oklahoma.
4:00pm-5:30pm
Engaging Minds, Engaging the Community:
Suicide Prevention Awareness Panel Discussion
Learn from our panel of experts as they discuss suicide in at risk populations including teens, seniors and active/retired military. Panel discussion will take place at the OSU Center for Health Sciences Campus. Confirmed speakers include:
- Jason Beaman, D.O., M.S., M.P.H., FAPA, Assistant Clinical Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at OSU Center for Health Sciences
- Sara Coffey, D.O., Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at OSU Center for Health Sciences.
- Robin Hudson LeBlanc, LPC, LADC, President, Oklahoma Chapter - American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Clinician at Muscogee (Creek) Nation Department of Health Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse Services
- Daphne Hillhouse, LCSW, Suicide Prevention Coordinator at Eastern Oklahoma VA Healthcare System
- Amanda Bradley, MS, LPC, Senior Program Director for Community Outreach Psychiatric Emergency Services (COPES)
Community Resource Vendor Fair
In conjunction with the panel discussion, there will be a vendor fair showcasing the mental health resources available in the community.
- Family and Children Services Community Outreach Psychiatric Emergency Services (COPES)
- Counseling and Recovery Services of Oklahoma
- CREOKS Behavioral Health Services
- Mental Health Association of Oklahoma
- OSU Center for Health Sciences Project ECHO
- OSU Behavioral Medicine Clinic
Saturday, October 20
10:00am-12:00pm
Out of the Darkness Walk
Join the OSU Medicine team to bring awareness to suicide prevention and awareness. First 200 participants to register will receive for a FREE one-of-a-kind OSU Medicine long sleeve t-shirt. GO POKES!!! Walk will begin at Kendall-Whittier Park. Organized by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.