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#140 Suicide Prevention for OT, PT and SLP with Christine Weible-Cruz
In the United States, approximately 49,000 people die by suicide each year. And, unfortunately, the rate of suicide has increased substantially since 2000, up about 30%.
Suicide remains among the 10 leading causes of death among persons aged 10-64 years and is the second leading cause of death among those aged 10-14 and 25-34.
While these trends are multifactorial, they are particularly distressing because evidence-based approaches to screening and intervention are better established than ever.
Yet confidence and training in these approaches remain too low — even among behavioral health…
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