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Tag: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training

Army Reserve Soldiers train on suicide recognition and intervention
February 28, 2022 — Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training or ASIST, developed in 1983, is a two-day 16-hour interactive workshop that prepares caregivers to provide suicide first-aid intervention for someone who may be contemplating suicide. The U.S. Army Reserve’s 85th Support Command and 76th Operational Response Command hosted an ASIST Training workshop, at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, January 20-21, 2022...

Motorcyclists Ride to Increase Awareness of Veteran Suicides
October 3, 2018 — At a time when U.S. suicide rates of military veterans are 22 percent higher than non-veterans, according to a 2017 report by the Department of Veterans Affairs, this event emphasized that it’s everyone’s job to help prevent suicide and veterans are not alone in their struggle...

ARMEDCOM first line leaders are key to a culture of care
January 10, 2018 — What would a suicide-safer community look like? This is one of many questions students grapple with answering while attending an Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) class hosted by Army Reserve Medical Command. The ASIST program is one of six training platforms within the Suicide Prevention Program and is considered the premier training platform for ‘gatekeepers’, which are individuals in leadership and supervisory roles...

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