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Suicide Awareness & Prevention Webinar: The Signs & Risk Factors

Suicide Awareness & Prevention Webinar: The Signs & Risk Factors

Sep-18-2024 - Time: 00:00 PM

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Wednesday, September 18, 2024, 12 pm – 1 pm

Suicide Awareness & Prevention Webinar: The Signs & Risk Factors

Suicide affects everyone, but our focus for this webinar is people who have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), dementia, or Alzheimer's. 

Anyone at any age can have suicidal thoughts; however, in this discussion, we will focus Veterans who have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)and focus on older adults in our population and who have Dementia or Alzheimer's. While there's no single cause of suicide, understanding the mental health conditions that can increase the risk is crucial. Learn about these risks and find supportive services to help prevent suicide.

Special Guest: Caribel A. Leyva Romero

 Caribel A. Leyva Romero has been the Community Engagement and Partnership Coordinator (CEPC) for the Suicide Prevention Program in the VA Caribbean Healthcare System since August 2022 as part of the Community-Based Intervention for Suicide Prevention Program. Her role as a CEPC involves educating and reaching out to the community, building coalitions, and participating in committees with a focus on suicide prevention among service members, veterans, and their families. Before joining the VA, Ms. Leyva worked as one of the coordinators of the Sexual Assault Victims Center of the Department of Health of Puerto Rico. There, she provided services to adult and child cases from 2020 until 2022. Before that, Ms. Leyva worked with a community-based organization in San Juan called Crearte, which primarily focused on violence prevention for children and community members from 2016 to 2019. She holds a master’s degree in social work from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. Ms. Leyva aims to actively engage Service Members, Veterans, and Family Members who are not eligible or have chosen not to enroll in VA health care and to mitigate suicide deaths and behaviors.

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