CVPH and EXPLORE team up for Suicide Awareness & Prevention Program
Local mental health leaders discuss collaboration, challenges in rural community
PLATTSBURGH, NY (05/14/2024) – Representatives from area mental health organizations will gather on Wednesday, May 22 for an evening presentation, “Suicide Awareness & Prevention: A Community Perspective from the North Country.” The free community event, sponsored by the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) and the EXPLORE Consortium takes place in the West Side Ballroom, New York Road, beginning at 6 pm.
A presentation about the incidence of suicide in the region and the collaborative prevention efforts underway will be followed by a panel discussion led by moderators Raynne Canet, LMSW, Carlee Lincoln, LMSW and Aron Steward, PhD, MBA of CVPH Inpatient Psychiatry. The panel will include representatives from the Alliance for Positive Health, Behavioral Health Services North, Inc., Champlain Valley Family Center, National Alliance on Mental Illness of Champlain Valley (NAMI-CV), Clinton County Mental Health and Addiction Services and CVPH Inpatient Psychiatry. A question-and-answer session will follow.
The EXPLORE (Experience and Professional Learning Opportunities Result in Excellence) Consortium is a collaborative educational planning group of community health care providers, educational institutions and health care specialty organizations. Its purpose is to facilitate access to quality, continuing educational programs for health care professionals from our community and beyond at an affordable price.
Register for “Suicide Awareness & Prevention: A Community Perspective from the North Country” on Eventbrite (www.eventbrite.com – search North Country). For more information, email MBliss-Hall@cvph.org.
Posted: May 14th, 2024 under Heathcare News, Northern NY News.