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STATE D IGN I TAR I E S , S U RV I VORS ADDR ES S GUE STS AT SU IC I D E P R EVENT ION SYMPOS I UM
T E N N E S S E E S U I C I D E P R E V E N T I O N N E T W O R KT E N N E S S E E S U I C I D E P R E V E N T I O N N E T W O R KT E N N E S S E E S U I C I D E P R E V E N T I O N N E T W O R KT E N N E S S E E S U I C I D E P R E V E N T I O N N E T W O R K JUNE 2013
VOLUME 9, ISSUE 6
TSPN Call to Action
295 PLUS PARK BOULEVARD, SUITE 201
NASHVILLE, TN 37217 PHONE: (615) 297-1077 FAX: (615) 269-5413 E-MAIL: [email protected] WWW.TSPN.ORG
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Suicide Prevention Symposium in Pictures
2
Symposium Sponsors 3
DSM-V Criticisms 4
“TSPN on Tumblr” 4
TSPN Regional Calendar
5
Advisory Council Contact Information
6
Over 270 people attended the Suicide Prevention Symposium, hosted by the Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network at Trevecca Community Church in Nashville on May 9. The event’s theme, "Your Role in Suicide Prevention", reflects the opportunity for new projects and initiatives made possible by the revised National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. Jason H. Padgett, MPA, MSM, Task Force Liaison for the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, was the featured speaker at the event. Mr. Padgett participated in the writing and development of the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (NSSP). He discussed the NSSP and the importance of everyone taking a role in its implementation. Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey also provided brief remarks at the event, ahead of a panel of state department commissioners and representatives (pictured at right). Five state departments were represented during the panel segment, and between the panel and the Lieutenant Governor’s appearance, it represents the largest delegation of state government officials at any event in TSPN’s twelve-year history. The symposium offered a variety of breakout sessions for guests, all of which were evaluated highly by participants. It also included a panel of suicide survivors in a segment entitled “Beyond Our Pain: Survivors of Suicide Speak Out”. Clark Flatt, President/CEO, Jason Foundation, Inc., facilitated the panel. Guests discussed how their experiences with suicide grief inspired them to community action and the care of others. Participants included Karyl Chastain Beal, Facilitator of the Parents of Suicides / Friends and Families of Suicides (POS-FFOS) online support forum; Jacky Jessop, Faciltator of POS-FFOS’s Australia/New Zealand Chapter; Cindy Johnson, Regional Director of Marketing for Tennessee Health Management, and Annette Lake, Community Activist. Photos from the Suicide Prevention Symposium are available at TSPN’s Facebook page, as well as the Network’s recently established Tumblr blog (see page 5). A selection of these photos are also featured on page 2 of this newsletter. The Network would like to acknowledge the many agencies and corporations who sponsored this event and made it the success that it was. A full listing of these sponsors is available on page 3 of this publication. We would also like to thank the presenters and speakers for their informative and thought-provoking comments. Special thanks is due to Trevecca Community Church for hosting the event and helping to coordinate the proceedings and to TSPN central office staff and volunteers for their tireless efforts to see this event through. Finally, we offer our sincerest thanks to the membership of TSPN at large for promoting and supporting this event. The Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network looks forward to further opportunities to bring suicide prevention information and resources to local communities and to the state of Tennessee at large.
TSPN Executive Director Scott Ridgway (third from left) poses with participants in the state department commissioner’s panel. From left to right: John Dreyzehner, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Health; Kevin Huffman, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Education; TSPN Executive Director Scott Ridgway; Raquel Hatter, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Human Services; Wendell Cheek, Deputy Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Veterans Services; and Doug Varney, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (photo courtesy of Sarah Ferguson).
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SU IC I D E P R EVENT ION SYMPOS I UM I N P ICTURES
At right: TLC Project Coordinator Michele Daniel, BBA, MA, was one of the co-presenters for "Suicide Prevention Among LGBT Youth: A Workshop for Professionals Who Serve Youth,” alongside, Pam
Sheffer, Coordinator of the Just Us Program within Oasis
Center.
LGBT youth suicide risk is one of several focal areas of
the current TLC grant, currently in its third cycle.
TSPN Executive Director Scott Ridgway (rear left) joins Jason Foundation President/CEO Clark Flatt (rear right) for a photo with panelists from the segment "Beyond Our Pain: Survivors of Suicide Speak Out”. Panelists from left to right: Karyl Chastain Beal, Facilitator, Parents of Suicides / Friends and Families of Suicides (POS-FFOS; Jacky Jessop, Facilitator, POS-FFOS Australia/New Zealand Chapter; Cindy Johnson, Regional Director of Marketing for Tennessee Health Management; and Annette Lake, US Logistics Manager for Avaya Global Logistics.
Over 270 people from across the state turned out for the event, including representatives of non-profits, state agencies, and corporations with interests in the health and mental health field.
Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey addresses guests at the event as TSPN Advisory Council
Chair Jennifer Harris looks on.
At left: Sam Bernard, Ph.D., President/CEO of the PAR Foundation, a disaster recovery and crisis response agency out of Chattanooga, brought his popular “School Community Crisis Response” workshop to the event.
At right: representatives from five state departments (identified on the front page) discussed their respective departments’ priorities in relation to suicide prevention. They also explained how TSPN has connected with them to provide suicide prevention resources and information for both their employees and the people they serve. Between this panel and Lt. Gov. Ramsey’s address, this event set a record for the most state dignitaries ever present at a TSPN function.
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THANKS TO OUR SU IC I D E P R EVENT ION SYMPOS I UM S PONSORS
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L EAD I NG MENTA L HEA LTH AUTHOR I T I E S CR I T IC I Z E DSM-V
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S POTL IGHT : “TS PN ON TUMB L R ”
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) released the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-V, but its debut was not without controversy. In advance of the DSM-V’s release, Thomas R. Insel, MD, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) announced that NIMH would be moving away from DSM diagnostic criteria in its research. In an April 29 blog post on the NIMH website, he argued that DSM-V criteria are based too much on symptom clusters rather than clinically tested measures. “(S)ymptom-based diagnosis, once common in other areas of medicine, has been largely replaced in the past half century as we have understood that symptoms alone rarely indicate the best choice of treatment.” While Insel is on record as stating that he did not intend a wholesale denunciation of the DSM, the post has been referred to as “a humiliating blow to the APA” (as described by Psychology Today) and a “kill-shot” (as labeled by the online journal Science 2.0). Meanwhile, the chair of the task force that developed the previous DSM slammed the inclusion of several diagnoses which could lead to unnecessary medication. Allen Frances, MD, who coordinated the creation of the DSM-IV, contributed an editorial to Annals of Internal Medicine warning that “several high-prevalence diagnoses at the fuzzy boundary with normality” may be exploited by pharmaceutical interests. For example, the removal of a “bereavement exclusion” from the criteria for major depressive disorder may lead to grieving but otherwise healthy patients being prescribed antidepressants. A new entry into the DSM, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD), pertains to children who demonstrate chronic outbursts and irritability—Frances and other critics worry that children who have regular temper tantrums will be medicated instead of counseled. The developers of the DSM-V addressed these and other concerns during a May 20 press release in San Francisco marking the official release of the manual. DSM-V task force chair David Kupfer, MD, of the University of Pittsburgh, defended moves criticized by Allen and others, arguing new diagnoses and refinements of old ones were necessary to prevent legitimate mental health complaints from being mislabeled or undiagnosed.
As part of TSPN’s continuing engagement with emerging social media, the Network has created “TSPN on Tumblr”, which will help promote TSPN projects and events. The Network’s Tumblr blog, available at tspnorg.tumblr.com, was created on May 20. Its first posts, following a brief introductory message, included photos from the Suicide Prevention Symposium (see page 1) and a promotion for the Disaster Distress Hotline (1-800-985-5990), occasioned by the devastating tornados which struck Oklahoma that same day. Future posts will include information on TSPN meetings, local and statewide outreach projects, and select reposts from other mental health and wellness blogs.
“TSPN on Tumblr”, along with TSPN’s Facebook page and Twitter feed (@TSPNorg), is part of a continuing effort to reach the next generation of mental health activists and engage them in suicide prevention and mental health projects. We encourage TSPN members and partner agencies with a presence on Tumblr to follow us and promote “TSPN on Tumblr” to interested contacts. We also encourage you to visit the Networks’ other online portals: our Facebook page, our Twitter feed, and the TSPN website (www.tspn.org).
A screencap of “TSPN on Tumblr” taken on May 28.
No December meetings are scheduled unless otherwise marked. East Tennessee Region monthly, 3rd Thursday, 12:00 PM Mental Health Association of East Tennessee, Inc., 9050 Executive Park Drive, Suite 104-A, Knoxville, 37923 June 20, July 18, August 15, September 19, October 17, and November 21 Memphis/Shelby County Region monthly, 3rd Tuesday, 11:30 AM Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 3030 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, 38111 June 18, July 16, August 20, September 17, October 15, and November 19 Mid-Cumberland Region monthly, 2nd Thursday, 9:30 AM Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee, Inc., 937 Herman Street, Nashville, 37208 June 13, July 11, August 8, September 12, October 10, and November 14 Northeast Region monthly, 4th Tuesday, 10:30 AM Boone’s Creek Christian Church, 305 Christian Church Road, Gray, 37615 June 25, July 23, August 27, September 24, October 22, and November 26 Rural West monthly, 3rd Wednesday, 10:30 AM Behavioral Health Initiatives, 36C Sandstone Circle, Jackson, 38305 June 19, July 17, August 21, September 18, October 16, and November 20 South Central monthly, 2nd Monday, 11:00 AM Conference Room A, South Central Regional Health Office, 1216 Trotwood Avenue, Columbia, 38401 June 10, July 8 monthly, 1st Wednesday, 11:00 AM August 7, September 4, October 2, November 6, December 4 Southeast Region monthly, 1st Thursday, 10:00 AM Johnson Mental Health Center, 420 Bell Avenue, Chattanooga, 37405 June 6, August 1, September 5, October 3, November 7, and December 5 Upper Cumberland Region monthly, 4th Thursday, 9:00 AM Volunteer Behavioral Health, 1200 Willow Avenue, Cookeville, 38502 June 27, July 25, August 22, September 26, October 24, and November 21 Intra-State Department Meetings Volunteer Room, Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, 220 French Landing Drive, , Nashville, 37243 (2:00 PM) August 7, and November 6 Advisory Council June 5 (Community Room, MNPD Hermitage Precinct, 3701 James Kay Lane, Hermitage) September 11 (Trevecca Community Church, 335 Murfreesboro Pike, Nashville) Blount County Mental Health Awareness and Suicide Prevention Alliance monthly, 1st Friday, 12:00 PM Boys and Girls Club Meeting Room, Fort Craig Elementary School, 520 South Washington Street, Maryville, 37804 June 7, August 2, September 6, October 4, November 1, December 6 Davidson County Suicide Prevention Task Force monthly, 4th Wednesday, 3:00 PM Metro Public Health Department, 201 23rd Avenue North, Nashville, 37203 July 24, September 25, and November 29 Giles County Suicide Prevention Task Force quarterly, 3rd Monday, 1:30 PM Giles County Career Center, 125 South Cedar Lane, Pulaski, 38478 June 17, September 16, and December 16 Hickman-Perry County Suicide Prevention Task Force monthly, 4th Friday, 1:30 PM Senior Care Building, Hickman Community Hospital, 135 East Swan Street, Centerville, 37033 June 28, July 26, August 23, September 27, October 25, and November 22 Montgomery-Houston-Humphreys-Stewart Suicide Prevention Task Force monthly, 1st Tuesday, 9 AM Behavioral HealthCare Center at Clarksville, 930 Professional Park Drive, Clarksville, 37040 June 4, July 2, August 6, September 3, October 1, November 5, and December 3 Rutherford County Suicide Prevention Coalition monthly, 1st Tuesday, 6 PM ITNOLAP Pallet & Crating, 651 Middle Tennessee Road, Murfreesboro, 37129 June 4, July 2, August 6, September 3, October 1, November 5, and December 3
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ADVISORY COUNCIL CONTACT INFORMATION
Lake Obion
Weakley
Henry
Dyer
Gibson Carroll
Lauderdale Crockett
Madison Henderson
Haywood
Tipton
Shelby Fayette
Hardeman
Chester
McNairy
Benton
Decatur
Hardin Wayne
Perry
Humphreys
Houston
Stewart
Montgomery Robertson
Dickson
Hickman
Lewis
Lawrence Giles
Lincoln Moore
Bedford
Maury
Marshall
Williamson
Rutherford
Cheatham
Davidson
Sumner
Wilson
Franklin Marion H
amilton
Coffee
Grundy Sequatchie
Bledsoe
Cannon
White
De Kalb
Putnam
Smith
Jackson
Macon Clay
Overton
Fentress
Scott Pickett
Campbell
Morgan
Cumberland Anderson
Roane
Knox
Loudon Blount
Monroe
Polk Bradley
McMinn
Rhea
Meigs
Claiborne Hancock
Hawkins
Union
Grainger
Sevier
Jefferson
Cocke
Greene Hamblen
Washington
Sullivan
Johnson
Carter
Unicoi
Warren
Trousdale
Van Buren
Northeast region
Harold Leonard, MA, LPC-MHSP (423) 245-5608
Rural West region Anne Henning-Rowan, MS
(731) 421-8880 [email protected]
South Central region
Karyl Chastain Beal, MEd, CT (931) 388-9289
Southeast region Tim Tatum, MA (423) 339-4351
If you are interested in getting
involved with TSPN on a local level or have other questions, contact the chairperson of your region as
indicated by the map provided below:
East Tennessee region Anne Young, MS, CAS (865) 216-9884
Memphis and Shelby County Renee Brown
(901) 523-8990, extension 5873 [email protected]
Mid-Cumberland region Stephanie Barger, M.Div.
(270) 519-2352 [email protected]
Upper Cumberland region Jodi Bartlett, Ed. S, LPC-MHSP
(931) 423-7866 or (931) 423-4123, ext. 166
Advisory Council Chair Jennifer Harris (931) 729-1941
Executive Director Scott Ridgway, MS (615) 297-1077 [email protected]
Advisory Council Emeritus Group Chair Sam Bernard, PhD, FAAETS, DABCEM
(423) 322-3297 [email protected]