In my three-part series on suicide assessment, I introduced a framework to guide assessment and explored how to gather information and formulate risk to plan with your client for safety.

Elana Premack Sandler, L.C.S.W., M.P.H., is a public health social worker whose personal experience with suicide loss adds to her professional expertise on suicide prevention and intervention.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announces the NC Black Youth Suicide Prevention Action Plan amid a sharp increase in suicide rates.

According to the NCDHHS, the plan has been released due to an increase in suicide rates among young Black youth and outlines initiatives to be implemented over the next five years to reduce injury and ...

Data showed Black individuals were disproportionately represented in emergency department visits for suicidal thoughts or ...

Recent NCDHHS analysis found that around 16.9% of Black high school students and 36.6% of Black middle school students reported experiencing serious thoughts of suicide, and that Black kids are ...