QPR Training (Question, Persuade, and Refer)

The Somerville Committee on Suicide Prevention and Mental Health and the Somerville Health Department Office of Prevention is please to offer a workshop on suicide prevention in recognition of National Suicide Prevention Week and World Suicide Prevention Day.  Suicide continues to be the third leading cause of death for youth between the ages of 15- 24 and the 7^th leading cause of death for the general population.  Nationally #’s have increase for older adults and middle age men.   In
Somerville we are fortunate not to have lost a teen to suicide since 2004.  However there have been adults that we have lost to suicide and through review of police and 911 call data we know that there continues to be a prevalence of attempts.

This workshop will provide a brief overview of data and then will discuss warning signs and strategies that any family or friend can utilize in assisting someone who may be in distress.  This will be a very interactive workshop and information will be provided on local resources. 

I hope you will join me in learning more about how we can be more informed about preventing suicide.

QPR (Question, Persuade and Refer)

What could you learn in 90 minutes?

Maybe enough to save someone’s life.

QPR (Question Persuade and Refer) is a suicide prevention model patterned after the success of the CPR medical intervention and is based upon the following concepts:

·        Those who most need help in a suicidal crisis are the least likely to ask for it;

·        The person most likely to prevent a person dying by suicide is someone they already know; and

·        That prior to making a suicide attempt, a person typically sends warning signs of their distress.

In this workshop we will discuss the Myths surrounding suicide, explore the signs and discuss local resources which can help. 

Saturday September 17th

9:30-11:00am

at the

Somerville Public Library

To register please call/email:

Patty Contente, Clinical Youth Specialist, City of Somerville Health Department

617-625-6600 ext. 4325

pcontente@somervillema.gov