Reach Out: You Are Not Alone Symposium

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) Outreach, Transition and Economic Development (OTED) Welcomes you to Join the Virtual Veteran Suicide Prevention Symposium: Reach out, You Are Not Alone September 8 1:00 – 2:30pm EDT Select the Link to Join: https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/veteransaffairs/ j.php?MTID=mdbd132dc80ebf2b387e595e3045b983b Join by Phone: 1-404-397-1596 Webinar Password: YMsM3wpv@33 (96763978 from phones) Access […]

Hell or High Seas Screening & Panel Discussion

Screening and panel discussion in recognition of Suicide Awareness Month. A moving portrait of a Veteran using his own painful journey with PTSD to find healing. Panel discussion moderated by program implementation specialist, Lee Wagner. Thursday, September 8, 6 PM – 9 PM William Pitt Union 3959 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA Screening is free and […]

Mindfulness Meditation Class for Veterans

Join VA’s free, phone-based class called “Mindfulness Meditation.”   Designed for Veterans of all eras, this class will help you manage the challenges and stressors of everyday life. Each class covers a topic related to mindfulness, followed by a guided meditation practice. Classes are available from 11a.m. to noon ET on these upcoming days: July 8, […]

QPR Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training

QPR is a two-hour educational program designed to teach professionals as well as lay “gatekeepers” the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to respond. A gatekeeper is someone in a position to recognize a crisis and warning signs that someone may be at risk of suicide. Pennsylvania suicide rates, especially in rural counties, […]

Integrating Public and Ecosystem Health Systems to Foster Resilience

Integrating Public and Ecosystem Health Systems to Foster Resilience: A Workshop to Identify Research to Bridge the Knowledge-To-Action Gap About this event September 19, 11:00 am-3:30 pm EDT virtual This workshop will bring together research, practitioner, and policy communities along with other stakeholders to explore opportunities to advance understanding of the interconnections between public health […]

TAPS: Choosing Wellness Webinar

This session will present the evidence on how we can navigate difficulty and still flourish as human beings and become the CEO of our own lives. Eileen O'Grady, a nurse practitioner and wellness expert, will present ideas on how to practice self-leadership, form habits that serve us, and practice extreme self-care, no matter your circumstances. […]

Involving Significant Others in Suicide Prevention

CDP Presents: Dyadic Interventions - Involving Significant Others in Suicide Prevention via Zoom 22 September 2022, Noon to 1:30 p.m. Eastern Description: The Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) will be hosting a 90-minute webinar entitled "Dyadic interventions: Involving Significant Others in Suicide Prevention." Additional information, including an expanded event description, learning objectives and CE details, will […]

Erie VAMC Mental Health Summit 2022

When: Tue. Sep 27, 2022, 8:30 am – 12:00 pm ET Where: This is an online event. Cost: Free Join Erie VA Medical Center, along with representatives from the Pittsburgh VAMC-UD, VA Butler Healthcare System, and the Erie County Office of Drug and Alcohol Abuse as they present crisis management and suicide prevention education to […]

What is Beneath Trauma?

What is Beneath Trauma? Wednesday, September 28, 2022 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM MDT (start time 11 AM EST) Location: Virtual Presentation Presented By: Kirsten Belaire, LPC We often understand that traumatic events impact us and we are also aware of the survival reactions to trauma. Objectives of the training: Understand trauma in the brain […]

QPR Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training

QPR is a two-hour educational program designed to teach professionals as well as lay “gatekeepers” the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to respond. A gatekeeper is someone in a position to recognize a crisis and warning signs that someone may be at risk of suicide. Pennsylvania suicide rates, especially in rural counties, […]

Mindfulness Meditation Class for Veterans

Join VA’s free, phone-based class called “Mindfulness Meditation.”   Designed for Veterans of all eras, this class will help you manage the challenges and stressors of everyday life. Each class covers a topic related to mindfulness, followed by a guided meditation practice. Classes are available from 11a.m. to noon ET on these upcoming days: July 8, […]