Understanding Suicide Among People with Developmental Disabilities
Event date: -
Event type: Single day (a day or less)
Join team members from the Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre and 988 for a webinar focusing on understanding suicide and ways to prevent suicide and build strengths among people with developmental disabilities and their families and caregivers
In this webinar we will talk about:
- understanding suicide and ways to prevent suicide and build strengths among people with developmental disabilities and their families and caregivers
- understanding the continuum of suicide-related thinking, self-harm, and suicide
- how to start a conversation about suicide and life promotion
About our presenter:
Dr. Allison Crawford, MD, PhD is the Chief Medical Officer for 9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline (www.988.ca), the national suicide prevention service launched on November 30, 2023. Allison is a psychiatrist and researcher at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, where she is also Medical Director of Virtual Mental Health and Psychiatry Outreach, and Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.
For information about the work at Azrieli and the related hcardd program:
Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre | CAMH
Health Care Access Research and Developmental Disabilities (H-CARDD) | CAMH
For information about the new 988 number here:
Get Help | 9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline (988.ca)