FORT WAYNE — Parkview Health and several regional partners will host free suicide prevention training sessions, Saturday, Oct. 12. Parkview Warsaw YMCA and 11 different locations throughout the region will host the sessions, a news release from Parkview said. The training relies on a technique called QPR, which stands for question, persuade and refer, a …read more.

MENTONE — Tippecanoe School Corporation hasn’t always had the happiest history. Students have known much sorrow over the years as they’ve lost a number of classmates to suicide, and the schools are actively trying to do something about it. Valley Schools hosted a suicide prevention training seminar Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 26, at Mentone Elementary. Over …read more.

FORT WAYNE — Parkview Behavioral Health and several regional partners will be hosting a series of free suicide awareness and prevention training sessions on Saturday, Sept. 23. It is also known as “Super QPR Saturday.” QPR stands for question, persuade and refer, a technique used to recognize the signs of someone at risk of suicide, …read more.

MENTONE — The Tippecanoe Valley Community Mental Health Task Force invites the public to attend an upcoming session of QPR suicide prevention training. QPR stands for Question, Persuade and Refer – three steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. People trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of …read more.

WARSAW — Suicide is the eighth leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for more than one percent of all deaths. More years of life are lost to suicide than to any other single cause except heart disease and cancer. Substance abuse is another great instigator of suicide; it may be involved in …read more.

AKRON — Remedy Live, an organization that specializes in listening and advising people who are having life issues, recently gave a presentation at Tippecanoe Valley High School to a mixture of high school and middle school students. During that presentation a survey was given to roughly half of the students present, which asked if the …read more.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — On Saturday, February 27 23 local citizens were trained by the Indiana Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention as safeTALK ALERT Helpers.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — A student walking down the hallway notices two classmates casually passing insults back and forth about a third person, who pretends to laugh but is clearly hurt. The student has seen this before; in fact, it happens a lot to this person. The student is faced with a choice. To intervene could mean …read more.

By SARAH M. HONAKER Public Education Campaign Coordinator Indiana Psychological Association INDIANAPOLIS — Monday, Sept. 7, through Sunday, Sept. 13, is National Suicide Prevention Week. On average, one American completes suicide every 12.8 minutes. In Indiana, more people die by suicide than homicide. The Indiana Youth Institute recently released alarming statistics about teen suicide in …read more.

By BRETT BOGGS, TVS Superintendent AKRON — The Tippecanoe Valley Community Mental Health Task Force and the Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation invite the public to attend an upcoming session of “QPR for Suicide Prevention” training. Tippecanoe Valley Middle School, located at 11303 W. CR 800S, Akron, will host “QPR for Suicide Prevention” from 4:15-5:15 p.m Tuesday, Sept. 15. …read more.

WINONA LAKE — The community is invited to “Journey from Hoplessness to Health” today at the Manahan Orthopaedic Center at Grace College, Winona Lake. Keynote speakers Eric Hipple and Dr. Phil Rodgers share their experiences in the morning, followed by an intervention panel presentation from 10:50-11:50 a.m. with moderator, Lisa Brattain, Indiana/Ohio area director of …read more.

Facebook added a new feature Wednesday, February 25, that is designed to help put suicide prevention information at users’ fingertips. When someone sees a post that they think may suggest the author is considering suicide, they can now click on a drop down menu and report it to Facebook. The reporting activates a series of …read more.