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Rocky Mountain Short Takes on Suicide Prevention:
Postvention Podcast 5: Postvention Practices for Mental Health Centers and Private Practices

6 May 2019

Join our host, Dr. Sarra Nazem, and Dr. Larry Berkowitz and Eliza Jordan Dolan, LISCW of the Riverside Trauma Center as they share their experiences and expertise consulting for, participating in, and implementing suicide postvention in a variety of mental health settings. In this episode, they provide recommendations and resources for developing and fine-tuning an inclusive suicide postvention process to best serve all individuals within a mental health center or private practice that may be affected by suicide loss.

Listen to Postvention Practices for Mental Health Centers and Private Practices

Resources

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

• www.suicidology.org
• https://afsp.org
• www.sprc.org

Other resources discussed in this episode:

• https://riversidetraumacenter.org/our-services/suicide-prevention-postvention/
• Riverside Trauma Center Postvention Guidelines
• Clinician Survivor Task Force: Clinicians as Survivors: After a Suicide Loss – be sure to check out the postvention tab for additional guidelines and readings
• SPRC’s Sample Postvention Guidelines for:
  • Individuals
  • Agencies
• Grief After Suicide: Understanding the Consequences and Caring for the Survivors by John R. Jordan and John L McIntosh, find it at your library or Amazon
• Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky and Connie Burk, find it at your local library or Amazon

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