{"id":127624,"date":"2020-10-14T17:00:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T23:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=127624"},"modified":"2020-10-14T17:04:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T23:04:51","slug":"uccs-wellness-center-hosts-suicide-prevention-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=127624","title":{"rendered":"UCCS Wellness Center hosts suicide prevention training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"740\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZP9vJ8UqpsY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Myth:<\/strong> Talking to a person about suicide will only frustrate them and increase the risk of suicide.<br><strong>Fact:<\/strong> Directly asking someone about the intent to complete suicide lowers anxiety, opens communication lines and lowers the risk of an impulsive act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Sept. 18, 2020, Jesie Steffes and Nikki Blakesley, mental health clinicians at the <a href=\"https:\/\/uccs.edu\/recwellness\/people\/mental-health-services\">UCCS Wellness Center<\/a>, hosted a suicide prevention training to recognize Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, which occurs every September. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The training is based on a variety of evidence-based interventions and research and aims to provide people with the skills and resources needed to help prevent suicide. &#8220;Preventing suicide is something everyone can have a hand in,&#8221; said Steffes. Included in the training are resources for students and non-students who may be experiencing suicidal thoughts, common myths and facts about suicide, and a role-playing scenario demonstrating the suicide prevention skills discussed throughout the presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, seek help by using any of these resources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Students can reach out to the <a href=\"https:\/\/uccs.edu\/recwellness\/\">Wellness Center<\/a> at 719-255-4444<\/li><li>Contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/suicidepreventionlifeline.org\/\">National Suicide Prevention Lifeline<\/a> at 800-273-TALK (8255) <\/li><li>Text &#8216;BRAVE&#8217; to the Crisis Text Line at 741741<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Mental health clinicians at UCCS provide a suicide prevention training during Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=127624\" title=\"UCCS Wellness Center hosts suicide prevention training\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":127663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,49,50],"tags":[64,63],"class_list":["post-127624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-campus-announcements","category-health-and-wellness","tag-gallogly-recreation-and-wellness-center","tag-student-life"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/SPM-1.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-xcs","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127624"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127661,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127624\/revisions\/127661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/127663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}