EP18: Suicide Prevention, Risk, and Assessment - Part 1: Risk Factors, Warning Signs, and Protective Factors with Julia Whisenhunt

The first of two conversations with Dr. Julia Whisenhunt - assistant professor of counselor education and college student affairs at West Georgia University - on suicide prevention, risk, and assessment. This episode covers statistics about suicide, risk factors, warning signs, and protective factors. Below are links to the different resources mentioned in the podcast. You can email Julia at [email protected] Julia's faculty page at UWG Suicide Warning Signs http://www.suicidology.org/stats-and-tools/suicide-warning-signs Youth Warning Signs www.youthsuicidewarningsigns.org National Suicide Prevention Lifeline http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) http://www.sprc.org/ American Association of Suicidology http://www.suicidology.org/home International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) https://www.iasp.info/wspd Suicide Is Preventable: CA website http://www.suicideispreventable.org Jed Foundation http://www.jedfoundation.org/ Half of Us http://www.halfofus.com/ You Matter (for young adults) www.youmatter.suicidepreventionlifeline.org For the APA citation for this episode go to www.thethoughtfulcounselor.com