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Suicide Prevention

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Suicide Prevention

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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325 reviews

Beginner level
No prior experience required
Flexible schedule
7 hours to complete
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.7

325 reviews

Beginner level
No prior experience required
Flexible schedule
7 hours to complete
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Basic facts about suicidal thoughts and behaviors

  • The historical and modern understanding of suicide

  • An overview of different types of prevention and intervention approached for suicide

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Assessments

4 assignments

Taught in English
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There are 4 modules in this course

This course will explore the science of suicide research, prevention, and intervention. The field of suicide research is young and knowledge is rapidly changing. Topics will include terminology, epidemiology, historical and contemporary theories of suicide, modern approaches to suicide research, empirically supported approaches to prevention and intervention, the lived experiences of those with suicidal thoughts and attempts. Note: this course is not designed to address personal experiences with suicidal thoughts, suicide loss, or mental illness nor will it address assessing suicide risk among friends or family members. If you are thinking about suicide or are worried about someone else – please contact your local suicide prevention crisis center as soon as possible. Your life matters and help is available.

Each module will include a quiz. The last module’s quiz will be cumulative.

What's included

7 videos1 reading1 assignment

7 videos•Total 41 minutes
  • Suicide Prevention•5 minutes
  • Terminology•9 minutes
  • Words to Ditch•6 minutes
  • Epidemiology•8 minutes
  • Suicide in the USA•7 minutes
  • Rates, Rank, and Raw Data•3 minutes
  • Suicidal Thoughts and Attempts•3 minutes
1 reading•Total 40 minutes
  • Readings•40 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Quiz 1•30 minutes

What's included

4 videos1 reading1 assignment

4 videos•Total 33 minutes
  • History•3 minutes
  • Why Do We Need a Theory?•4 minutes
  • Two Theories of Suicide•12 minutes
  • Challenges in Suicide Research•13 minutes
1 reading•Total 45 minutes
  • Readings and Video•45 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Quiz 2•30 minutes

What's included

4 videos2 readings1 assignment

4 videos•Total 29 minutes
  • Myths and Facts•11 minutes
  • Public Health Interventions•7 minutes
  • Introduction to PSAs•6 minutes
  • PSA Reflections•5 minutes
2 readings•Total 37 minutes
  • PSA videos (YouTube)•7 minutes
  • Reading and Activity•30 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Quiz 3•30 minutes

What's included

5 videos1 reading1 assignment

5 videos•Total 28 minutes
  • Interventions Overview•2 minutes
  • Brief Interventions•9 minutes
  • Moderate-Length Interventions•7 minutes
  • Long-term Interventions•8 minutes
  • Concluding Thoughts•2 minutes
1 reading•Total 30 minutes
  • Reading and Video Clips•30 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Quiz 4•30 minutes

Instructor

Instructor ratings
4.8 (117 ratings)
Wesleyan University
2 Courses•45,505 learners

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Reviewed on Aug 18, 2023

This course was exceptionally good. From this course I got to learn a lot of new information. Basically it was wholesum amount of knowledge.

JH
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Reviewed on Aug 26, 2023

The most informative course on suicide intervention and prevention I've taken. Strongly recommend this course to anyone.

SV
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Reviewed on Sep 16, 2024

It was an interesting training. I will use it in practice.

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