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According to the American Association of Suicidiology,
there are slightly more than 30,000 suicides annually (83
suicides per day; or 1 suicide every 17 minutes), with 12 of
every 100,000 Americans killing themselves. This proves that
there is a need for suicide first-aid caregivers. Just as
“CPR” skills make physical first aid possible, training in
suicide intervention develops the skills used in suicide first
aid.
Behavioral Health Response (BHR) has been offering a training
called ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)  to
combat this alarming trend in our community. The workshop is for
all caregivers, including professionals, paraprofessionals and
lay people. ASIST is a two-day intensive, interactive and
practice-dominated course designed to help caregivers recognize
and estimate risk and learn how to intervene to prevent the
immediate risk of suicide. Prepared caregivers can help prevent
suicide.
BHR offers this training every other month. The training is POST
certified and has approval through SEMA. If you are interested
in learning suicide first aid please contact us, we can help.
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