Suicide Prevention Seminar

Dr. Paul Quinnett is a clinical psychologist and the President and CEO of the QPR Institute  an educational organization dedicated to preventing suicide.  Author of seven books and an award-winning journalist, he is also Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington.

In addition to directing a large, public sector mental health program for adults and elders for 30 years and serving as director of an APA-approved internship in clinical psychology, he maintained a limited private practice in psychotherapy, law enforcement and corporate consulting.  Together with his colleagues, the QPR institute has developed and tested a variety of award-winning and best practice public health and clinical intervention strategies to reduce suicide attempts and completions across the age span.

Dr. Quinnett will address the challenges and opportunities for the detection, assessment, and management of suicidal patients in primary care settings.  He will focus on current problems with suicide screens and the assessment of immediate risk, and will offer solutions for enhancing patients safety by reducing the three most common preventable medical errors.  

Learning objectives:

• Understand statistics about suicide
• Describe the benefits of intervention and treatment of suicidality
• Identify three avoidable practice errors
• Institute routine practices to detect suicidal patients Understand the need for training in suicide risk assessment
• Be able to identify where support can be found and referrals made

In New Zealand, Clinical Advisory Services Aotearoa, or CASA provide QPR training via their QPR New Zealand subsidiary.

This seminar is FREE and morning tea will be available from 10.30am. Download seminar flyer here.