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September 11, 2015
The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) announces the launch of a new set of videos in the series “SPARK Talks: Suicide Prevention, Innovation, and Action.” SPARK Talks are Short, Provocative, Action-oriented, Realistic, and Knowledgeable videos of leaders in the suicide prevention movement. Each of these innovators discusses an essential and timely topic in the...
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DSHS' Research and Data Analysis division has updated its list of behavioral health and medical research. The document is available at: https://www.dshs.wa.gov/sesa/research-and-data-analysis.
read more September 9, 2015
Attached is the most recent issue of the CESAR FAX, which is also available online at http://www.cesar.umd.edu/cesar/cesarfax.asp. CESAR FAX may be copied without permission. Please cite CESAR as the source.
September 9, 2015
The Office of National Drug Control Policy has announced the 2015 Drug Free Communities (DFC) continuation, mentoring, and...
read more August 28, 2015
The Mental Illness Research and Education Center (MIRECC) has released new videos about how adults can talk to preschool, school age and teenagers about a suicide attempt.
The video can be found at:
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read more August 28, 2015
The Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC) has announced the availability of state impaired driving grant funding for the 2015-2017 Biennium. This announcement is intended to solicit proposals from organizations throughout the state creating and implementing leading-edge strategies to curb impaired driver behaviors that result in preventable and unnecessary loss of life. Proposals will be accepted both for...
read more August 28, 2015
The Manual for Support Groups for Suicide Attempt Survivors, developed by the Suicide Prevention Center at Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services, serves to guide individuals and organizations in developing and implementing an attempt survivors’ support group in their communities.* This detailed guide is listed in the Suicide Prevention Resource Center's Best Practice registry. The manual...
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www.theathenaforum.org/media_strategies_cpwi_guidelines_and_tools
Media Strategies: CPWI Guidelines and Tools
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www.preventtheattempt.com
Responding to a Cry for Help:
Best Practices for Online Technologies
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Marijuana Increased in 2014 as a Factor in Deadly Crashes
Olympia, WA – Newly released data from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC) shows that marijuana is increasing as a factor in deadly crashes. The number of drivers involved in deadly crashes who tested...
read more August 28, 2015
NOTE: The online survey has been revised. The comment fields now allow more text to be entered.
The Washington State Legislature allocated $15 million in funding (for the 2015-2017 biennium) to support a marijuana education and public health program, and for tobacco prevention activities. Since that time, the Marijuana Prevention and Education and Tobacco Control and Prevention Programs have been developing plans for how to spend...
read more August 24, 2015
Tuesday, Sept 29 (8:30am)
to
Friday, Oct 2 (3:00pm)
Yakima Area Arboretum
1401 Arboretum Drive, Yakima, WA 98901
Deadline to register has passed,
however, PSCBW may decide to accept registrations, ...
August 19, 2015
The Partnership for Drug Free Kids recently announced a new campaign targeting teens. Here is their press release.
If you'd like to use the campaign in your community, here is a link to download the high-res files of all four print as...
read more August 8, 2015
Alcohol use among middle and high school students continues to decline to record lows (click to see graphic), according to data from the 2014 national Monitoring the Future survey. The percentage of 12th graders reporting past month alcohol use decreased from highs above 70...
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