Promoting Hope, Preventing Suicide

Research and advice on preventing teen and adult suicide.

by Elana Premack Sandler, L.C.S.W., M.P.H.

Elana Premack Sandler, LCSW, MPH, is a public health social worker specializing in violence and injury prevention and adolescent health promotion. See full bio

June 2, 2009

New Questions as Army Sees Rise in Suicide

Last week, Fort Campbell, an Army post on the border of Kentucky and Tennessee, shut down for three days. This "stand-down" was a direct result of the high number of suicides Fort Campbell has experienced so far in 2009. Read More

May 27, 2009

The School Shooter That Wasn't: The Story of Thomas Kane

Is it sensationalizing a tragic death to draw attention to the intimate details of a young man's psyche?

May 20, 2009

Simmer to Boil: How Accumulation of Stressful Life Events Influences Suicide Risk

What happens if we re-frame the overwhelming work of "suicide prevention" as the more accessible "decreasing the likelihood of a suicide attempt?" Read More

May 11, 2009

Just Kids Being Kids? Links Between Bullying and Suicide

We can't say, empirically, that bullying causes suicide. That fact is what has made me hesitant to write about bullying and suicide prevention. But, Carl Walker-Hoover's story is one that compels me to do something, to say something. Read More

May 4, 2009

You Say Prevention, I Say Treatment: The Nomenclature of Suicide Prevention Part II

How do our feelings about the different prevention interventions influence our willingness to engage in them? Read More

April 27, 2009

You Say Prevention, I Say Treatment: The Nomenclature of Suicide Prevention

What's the line between prevention and treatment? The camps are often very divided. When can treatment be prevention? When can prevention be treatment? Read More

April 20, 2009

School Connectedness and Suicide Prevention

I thought of one school in which I worked several years ago. In the year before I started working in that community, several high school students died by suicide. Before those deaths, I hadn't really thought of suicide as a community or public health issue, but a personal, psychological health issue. But, as I learned more about the school, the community, and the youth who had died by suicide, I realized that there were relationships between all of those elements that had influenced the tragic outcome. Read More

April 14, 2009

How 'House' Made Everyone Talk About Suicide

As I watched the show, I analyzed if it was just the "way of House" to deal with this death this way - by trying to find out the hidden details to discover the reason behind this outcome. But, I realized that this depiction wasn't just representative of House's style. It is our collective, human style. Read More

April 7, 2009

Dr. Phil & Suicide Prevention

Dr. Phil has done something that has gotten a bit of attention in the suicide prevention field. Read More

April 6, 2009

Can Social Media Help Prevent Suicide?

What is the intersection between social media and suicide prevention? How do we tap into the ways that social media utilize social support to build that protective factor for suicide prevention? Read More

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