MIRECC / CoE

Rocky Mountain Short Takes on Suicide Prevention:
Postvention Podcast 4: Postvention Practices for the Workplace

22 April 2019

Postvention plans are necessary for every workplace; Dr. Sally Spencer Thomas is a psychologist and suicide loss survivor with expertise on how to provide support for those affected by suicide loss. Tune into this episode with our host Dr. Sarra Nazem as she and Dr. Spencer Thomas discuss the role of suicide postvention in the workplace, recommendations for how to put a postvention plan in place, who within a workplace should be involved, and workplace postvention resources that can be used today.

Listen to Postvention Practices for the Workplace podcast

Resources

Postvention resources for survivors of a suicide loss can be found at these sites:

• www.suicidology.org
• https://afsp.org
• www.sprc.org
• Clinician Survivor Task Force: Clinicians as Survivors: After a Suicide Loss

Other resources discussed in this episode:

• Book- Grief After Suicide: Understanding the Consequences and Caring for the Survivors by John R. Jordan and John L McIntosh, available here:
  https://www.amazon.com/Grief-After-Suicide-Understanding-Consequences/dp/0415993555
• Managers Guide to Suicide Postvention video:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAAn3Ekz818
• Resources for children and families after a suicide loss:
  https://www.dougy.org/
• http://workplacementalhealth.org/Mental-Health-Topics/Suicide-Prevention
• https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
• https://theactionalliance.org/
• https://unitesurvivors.org/
• https://www.sallyspencerthomas.com/

Check out previous and future episodes in the podcast series at:
https://www.mirecc.va.gov/visn19/education/media/#PostventionPodcasts

Contact the Uniting for Suicide Postvention team to inquire about postvention resources or potential consultation services – Sarra.Nazem@va.gov