Save the Date for the 11th Annual Suicide Prevention Conference!
Date: May 1st and 2nd, 2012
Location: The Best Western Royal Plaza, Marlborough, MA
This two-day conference has over 40 workshops that provide information to anyone interested in the prevention of self-injury and suicidal behavior across all ages.
For more information, please contact Janice at Janice.Ventre@state.ma.us.
Making Connections, Creating Hope, Saving Lives Suicide Prevention Across the Lifespan (Word) 
MA Department of Public Health Suicide Prevention Program Trainings
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Suicide Prevention Program Workshop Calendar is now available! We are offering workshops from September-December and will be adding more workshops throughout the year.
When registering for a workshop, please note that each event has tabs titled with information regarding the workshop. Space is limited for each workshop and fills up quickly, so please register before the deadline.
Talking with Dolores: Elder Mental Health, Depression, and Suicide Webinar
Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
The Talking with Dolores: Elder Mental Health, Depression, and Suicide webinar will be presented by Kerry Morrison, Psy.D., Creator and Lead trainer of the L.I.F.E. (Living is for the Elderly) Training for the Center for Human Development (CHD), and Rebecca Kessler, M.A., Co-trainer of L.I.F.E. and Suicide Prevention Grant Manager at CHD. This webinar will use clips from Talking with Dolores, a one act play about aging and elder depression and the L.I.F.E. (Living is for the Elderly) training to help participants identify and understand the myths, statistics, resources available to combat elder depression and suicide.
For more information and/or to register, please contact Brandy Brooks at Brandy.Brooks@state.ma.us
Comfort Zone Camp
March 31, 2012
Milton, MA
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health Suicide Prevention Program is honored to partner with Comfort Zone Camp and Samaritans, Inc. to provide this camp for children and teens ages 7-17 who have experienced the loss of a parent, sibling or primary caregiver to suicide.
To register for this session, go to http://www.comfortzonecamp.org/locations/massachusetts
If you would like further information, you may contact Sue Oppici at (781) 756-4840, or e-mail sue@comfortzonecamp.org.
About Comfort Zone Camp
Comfort Zone Camp is a non-profit bereavement camp that transforms the lives of children who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling, or primary caregiver. The free camps include confidence building programs and age-based support groups that break the emotional isolation grief often brings. Comfort Zone Camps are offered to children 7-17, and are held year-round across the Country. They have offices in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Virginia.
This information is provided by the Suicide Prevention Program within the Department of Public Health.