Short Takes on Suicide Prevention
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Dr. Carl Castro on the Military Suicide Transition Theory, The Hemingway Effect and the Importance of Understanding the Military Family
Adam interviews Dr. Carl Castro, retired Colonel from the US Army, about his extensive work in area of suicide prevention, especially as it relates to the military community. Their conversation is far ranging but really does a wonderful job discussing...
Rocky Mountain Short Takes on Suicide Prevention: Collaborative Safety Planning for Older Adults
This week join Adam Hoffberg as he chats with Dr. Elizabeth Conti a clinical psychologist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the VA Center for Innovation. Dr. Conti, along with four of her colleagues from the VA’s South Central MIRECC published...
Rocky Mountain Short Takes on Suicide Prevention: Craig Bryan on Fluid Vulnerability Theory - a way to Understand Acute and Chronic Suicide Risk
This week Adam discusses Fluid Vulnerability Theory with Craig Bryan, PsyD, with the National Center for Veterans Studies at the University of Utah. Dr. Bryan ducked into an empty room at the hospital where he was delivering a talk to chat with Adam....
Rocky Mountain Short Takes on Suicide Prevention: Working towards a better understanding of suicide loss
Suicide is known as a rare event, yet the large number of those impacted by suicide (through exposure, and closer connections including bereavement) makes suicide loss relatable to every human. Preliminary research on suicide bereavement in...
Rocky Mountain Short Takes on Suicide Prevention: Rehabilitation in the VA is a Team Sport, so is Suicide Prevention
Adam and Dr. Joel Scholten recorded this conversation in the lobby of the Chicago Hilton during the ACRM conference and just as Cubs fans were preparing for their appreciation parade after the team's historic World Series win. Joel talks about the...
Rocky Mountain Short Takes on Suicide Prevention: Sleeping Well as an Upstream Approach to Suicide Prevention
Could improved sleep potentially help prevent individuals from developing suicidal thoughts or behaviors sometime in the future? Rocky Mountain MIRECC Psychologist Sarra Nazem talks with Adam about her clinical work and research into evidence-based...
Rocky Mountain Short Takes on Suicide Prevention: From Elementary School to Retirement: Suicide Prevention Throughout the Life Cycle
Richard Egan shares his professional journey, which spans 26 years’ service with the Air Force (starting with munitions, “bombs and bullets”) to Suicide Prevention Training and Outreach Facilitator, Nevada Department of Health and Human...
Rocky Mountain Short Takes on Suicide Prevention: Transgender Care and Resources with the VA
Adam Interviews John R. Blosnich, PhD, MPH, from the VHA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion. Dr. Blosnich's program of health equity research in VA focuses on LGBT Veterans, with specific attention to suicidal risk and examining ways that...
Rocky Mountain Short Takes on Suicide Prevention: Talking to T2 about Mobile Apps for Mental Health
Adam talks this week with Dr. Julie Kinn from The National Center for Telehealth & Technology (T2), a Department of Defense organization that evaluates new technologies for tele-mental health. T2 has put out lots of mobile apps focusing on the...
PTSD and the ICU Nurse: Bolstering Resiliency in the Helping Professions
Adam interviews a new addition to the Rocky Mountain MIRECC for Suicide Prevention team, Dr. Meredith Mealer. Meredith as done important work studying the high prevalence of PTSD in ICU nurses. Her work has found that ICU nurses suffer from PTSD at a...