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Special Project: On the Front Lines

On the Front Lines: Addressing Stress, Trauma, and Suicide Prevention in Community Responders

September 7, 2016

Sponsored by the Alabama Suicide and Prevention Resource Coalition, the Alabama Department of Public Health Center for Emergency Preparedness and the Alabama Department of Public Health Division of Social Work

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The Neurobiology of Suicide (38 minutes)
	Richard Shelton, MD Faculty, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology University of Alabama at Birmingham
Resources	Handouts (3 pages)
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The Impact of Trauma on the Dysfunctionality of First Responders (45 minutes)
	Derrick Swanson, MS Captain, Emergency Services Special Operations Division
Resources	Handouts (9 pages)
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My Personal and Professional Journey as a First Responder

(45 minutes)

Photo of Grantt Culliver.

Grantt Culliver
Associate Commissioner of Operations
Alabama Department of Corrections

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Stress Management, Risk Reduction and Suicide Prevention in Emergency Response Personnel (1 hour)
	Steven Franks, MD Emergency Medicine Resident University of Alabama at Birmingham Corporal Cedric Leonard, MS Deputy Sheriff Montgomery County Sheriff's Department Corporal Jesse Thornton, MPA Public Information/Education Unit Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Dennis Blair, BS Former Emergency Medical Services Director Volunteer Firefighter
Resources	Thornton Handouts (3 pages)
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Mental Health, Guns and Suicide: Assessment and Intervention Tools (1 hour)
	Judith Harrington, PhD, SLPC, LMFT Assistant Professor of Graduate Counseling College of Education University of Montevallo
Resources	Handouts (16 pages)
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Intra-agency Initiatives to Address Intentional Self Injuries and Suicide Prevention in Alabama (1 hour)
	Richard Burleson, MBA, MPH Director, Injury Prevention Branch Alabama Department of Public Health Debra Hodges, PhD Suicidologist, Epidemiology Division Alabama Department of Public Health Beverly Johnson, MPA Director of Prevention Alabama Department of Mental Health
Resources	Burleson Handouts (3 pages) Hodges Handouts (1 page) Johnson Handouts (1 page)
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