The 'S' Word: A Podcast about Suicide Prevention

Welcome to The "S" Word: A Podcast on Suicide Prevention! This podcast brings you research and information related to suicide and suicide prevention. Our first episode focuses on "safe messaging" for suicide prevention. What is safe messaging? What nuances are involved in talking about suicide and prevention? And how does safe messaging potentially obscure voices of lived experience? We discuss these topics with our guest, Leah Rolando, MSW, of Mental Health America of Wisconsin. Here is a link to the article we discussed in our episode: https://www.madinamerica.com/2019/08/safe-messaging-gaslights-suicidal-people/

In Episode 21 of The 'S' Word: A Podcast about Suicide Prevention, we talk with Katrina Brees, artist and suicide prevention advocate. Katrina lost her mother, Donna, to suicide and has been tirelessly advocating for an innovative policy, Donna's Law, to prevent other families from experiencing this loss. If you would like to learn more, visit donnaslaw.com.

As we wrap up Pride Month, The 'S' Word talks with Abigayle Andrews, a behavioral health provider in the Froedtert Inclusion Clinic. We discuss the health equity work of the clinic as well as resources for mental wellness and suicide prevention in the LGBTQ+ community. For those in need of resources, check out the information below: Trevor Project - text "START" to 678-678 or call 1-866-488-7386 or chat with a counselor online at https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ GLBT Youth National Help Center - (800) 246-7743 PRISM warmline - call or text 414-336-7974 Milwaukee LGBT Community Center - https://www.mkelgbt.org/ Pathways Counseling Center - https://www.pathwayscounseling.com/ PFLAG - https://pflag.org/ Milwaukee County Crisis Resource Guide: https://county.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Public/BHD/Light-and-Unite/CrisisResourceGuide.pdf

September is Suicide Prevention Month, and in this month's episode of The 'S' Word, we talk with four medical students who are engaging in peer support and suicide prevention efforts at the Medical College of Wisconsin. We discuss their work as well as their reasons for engaging in suicide prevention in the midst of a busy medical school career. Join us for this great discussion!

In episode 18 of The 'S' Word: A Podcast about Suicide Prevention, we talk with Dr. Lisa Wexler, Professor of Social Work and a Research Professor in the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute of Social Research at the University of Michigan, about her research on preventing suicide among Alaska Natives and American Indians. Her participatory research program is based in and developed with Alaska Native communities and can offer possibilities for other groups suffering from behavioral health inequities and/or desiring to re-orient programs and services toward local, culture values and practices. Join us to learn more!