Subject: Patient and Resident Suicides: A Personal Tragedy
and a Public Health Issue
Prevention of Patient and Resident Suicides
September 23, 2004 • Chicago, IL • Chicago Hilton
Hotel
I have become increasingly optimistic about the possibilities
of suicide prevention, but deeply frustrated by the lack of
public and professional awareness of the terrible toll it
takes. Suicide is the third leading cause of death in 19-
to 24-year-olds and, globally, kills over one million people
a year.
— Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD, Night
Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide
The most frequently reported sentinel event to the Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is
the death by suicide of a patient or resident in a health
care setting. This one-day conference will present the lessons
learned from these tragic events, research that can help you
better recognize and treat individuals who are most likely
to be suicidal, and steps that organizations can take to prevent
such occurrences. Presentations and panel discussions will
address other key issues, including the Joint Commission initiative
to reduce suicide, the Healthy People 2010 public health goals,
and the role HIPAA plays in disclosure of suicide-related
patient information.
DISTINGUISHED FACULTY
Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry,
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and author of An Unquiet
Mind, will outline the clinical and personal
realities of depression and the approaches you can adopt to
better recognize and prevent suicides.
Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS, Surgeon General
of the United States, is invited to present the federal
government’s reasons for classifying suicide as a major,
preventable public health problem and how it is addressing
suicide through the Healthy People 2010 public health
agenda and the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention:
Goals and Objectives for Action.
SAVE $100
Save $100 and attend both the Prevention of Patient
and Resident Suicides and the National Conference on Behavioral
Health Care: A Focus on Outcomes Research and the Use of Data
and pay $560 per registrant for three days of high-quality
education. At the National Conference, a faculty of leading
behavioral health care researchers will address the efficacy
of behavioral health care treatment and the challenges associated
with the gaps in the mental health system.
SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS
We would like to thank the following organizations for their
efforts in support of this program:
- American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence
- American Association of Suicidology
- Association of Professional Chaplains
- American Psychiatric Association
- American Psychiatric Nurses Association
- National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems
- National Association of Social Workers
- National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
- National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs,
Inc.
- Suicide Prevention Action Network, USA, Inc.
- The Alliance of Children and Families
Join us in learning ways to improve patient safety and to
help address this public health issue.
For complete registration and conference information, please
call our Customer Service Center at 877-223-6866 or visit
our web site at http://www.jcrinc.com/education.asp?durki=6997&site=5&return=5933.
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