Posts Tagged ‘Suicide Prevention’

June 23, 2020 / by “These figures should shock the government into action, as they expose a rapidly growing mental health crisis in our prison system”.

Revealed: Rate Of Self-Harm In Prisons Doubles In Five Years

By By Arj Singh, HUFF POST , Politics, June 22, 2020 Coronavirus has changed everything. Make sense of it all with... Read More ›

August 30, 2019 / by

New study shows dramatic rise in Ontario teens visiting ER for self-harm

BY PAOLA LORIGGIO, THE CANADIAN PRESS, June 12, 2019 The number of Ontario teens visiting a hospital emergency department for self-harm more... Read More ›

August 29, 2019 / by Concerns raised over timely patient suicide risk assessments within first 8 hours of the patients being admitted

CMS threatened to pull Medicare funding from Sequel Pomegranate unless issues fixed

by Bennett Haeberle via 10 WBNS News 08/26/19 COLUMBUS (WBNS) – A federal health agency tasked with overseeing hospital and patient safety has... Read More ›

August 29, 2019 / by Self-harm in the Emergency Department: A Cry for Help, a Call to Arms

Self-harm in the Emergency Department: A Cry for Help, a Call to Arms

How’s this for a practice gap? It’s estimated that 1 in 10 suicide victims are people seen in the emergency department within... Read More ›

August 29, 2019 / by EcoSecurity Utensil Booth # 604

Come See Us @ the NCCHC 2019 National Corrections Healthcare Conference in Fort Lauderdale, FL

We’re delighted to be exhibiting at the upcoming National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) National Correctional Healthcare Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, October... Read More ›

August 29, 2019 / by When prison suicides make headlines

Who is responsible when an inmate dies by suicide?

August 21, 2019 Editor’s note: This article, distributed by The Associated Press, was originally published on The Conversation website. The Conversation is an independent... Read More ›