Hope Squads: Peer-to-Peer Suicide Prevention in Schools

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Wright-Berryman ◽  
Greg Hudnall ◽  
Rodney Hopkins ◽  
Cathy Bledsoe
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Peer Suicide ◽  
Prevention In Schools

scholarly journals Using the PRECEDE-PROCEED model for an online peer-to-peer suicide prevention and awareness for depression (SPAD) intervention among African American college students: experimental study

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ledetra Shanta Bridges ◽  
Manoj Sharma ◽  
Jung Hye Sung Hye Lee ◽  
Russell Bennett ◽  
Sarah G. Buxbaum ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
African American ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
African American College Students ◽  
Peer Suicide

Perceptions of a Peer Suicide Prevention Program by Inmates and Professionals Working in Prisons

Crisis ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Auzoult ◽  
Sid Abdellaoui
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Prevention Program ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Penal Institutions ◽  
Peer Suicide ◽  
Suicide Prevention Programs ◽  
Methods Of Suicide

Background: Suicide prevention is a major challenge for penal institutions in many countries. The traditional approach relies on the expertise of health professionals and is supplemented by the intervention of other professionals and the inmates themselves. New methods of suicide prevention based on peer support have been developed in recent years. Peer prevention programs rely on the ability of inmates to identify suicide risk. Aims: This study examines perceived suicide risk among inmates and explores possible explanations. Method: 54 inmates and 17 professionals working in prisons responded to a questionnaire. Results: The peer prevention program was found to change inmates’ expectations of support in the event of a suicide crisis. The study also found that the inmates involved in the program tended to underestimate the risk of suicide. The perception of the prevention program and the level of self-consciousness were found to account for the underestimation of suicide risk. Conclusions: Support for inmates involved in suicide prevention programs must take into account their isolation in prison. The training provided to inmates must also consider the biases affecting the assessment of risk.

Arguments for and against Teaching Suicide Prevention in Schools

1996 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 633-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Hazell ◽  
Ray King
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
At Risk Students ◽  
Evaluation Research ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Ample Evidence ◽  
School Based ◽  
Positive Argument ◽  
Suicide Prevention Programs ◽  
Prevention In Schools ◽  
Primary Support

A paper based on a workshop presented to the Suicide Prevention Australia conference, ‘Suicide. Who Cares?’, on 15 March 1995 in Sydney Objective: To present arguments for and against the provision of curriculum-based suicide prevention programs in schools. Method: The authors developed their arguments independently, based on the available literature on school-based programs, prior to debating the topic at a national conference on suicide prevention. Results: The rationale for school-based programs is that the school has the responsibility: to resolve problems that interfere with education; to teach health education; and to acknowledge a duty of care to parents and to the community as well as to youth. Primary prevention programs in schools are not aimed at so-called ‘at-risk’ students, but potential ‘helpers’, based on the knowledge that peers are a primary support for troubled adolescents. One measure of the efficacy of school-based prevention programs must be the extent to which there is an increase in the tendency for adolescents to turn to adults for help. There is ample evidence that increasing the tendency for adolescents to approach adults for help is achievable. The argument against such programs is that evidence from evaluation research suggests that they are ineffective, inefficient, not universally acceptable, and of questionable safety. Conclusions: Those persuaded by the positive argument will wish to see these programs adopted in all Australian secondary schools. Those persuaded by the negative argument will recommend that suicide prevention resources be allocated to activities other than school-based suicide education programs.

Suicide prevention in schools

Suicide ◽  
2016 ◽  
pp. 375-384
Author(s):  
Danuta Wasserman ◽  
Airi Värnik
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Prevention In Schools

Book Review: Suicide Prevention in Schools

1992 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-73
Author(s):  
Peter Matthews
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Prevention In Schools

Current Issues in Dealing With Suicide Prevention in Schools: Perspectives From Some Countries

2001 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 365-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoon Leenaars ◽  
Susanne Wenckstern ◽  
Margaret Appleby ◽  
Heather Fiske ◽  
Onja Grad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Prevention In Schools

Teaching Suicide Prevention in Schools

1983 ◽  
pp. 632-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.P. ROSS
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Prevention In Schools

Suicide Prevention in Schools

2008 ◽  
pp. 645-660 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Shaffer ◽  
Madelyn Gould
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Prevention In Schools
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