Preventing Suicide Among Suicide Attempt Survivors Using an Innovative Support Group Intervention

• By: Sae Lee, PhD Patricia Speelman, MA, LMFT Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services
• October 1st, 2020
• fall 2020 issue, intervention, suicide, suicide prevention, support groups, survivor
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Despite ongoing prevention efforts, suicide remains a public health crisis, with reports showing an alarming increase in suicide rates over the past decade in the United States (Hedegaard, Curtin, Warner, 2018). From 1999 to 2017, the age-adjusted suicide rate increased by 33%. In 2018, suicide was...