STAR-Center is happy to announce that visitors to our website now have access to a special Webcast, “Suicide Risk:  Comprehensive Assessment and Clinical Management”.  The webcast is presented by David Brent, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, and Director, STAR-Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic.  

In this helpful presentation, Dr. Brent reviews the descriptive epidemiology and risk factors for suicide and suicidal behavior across the lifespan.  This comprehensive overview discusses the assessment of suicidal risk using proximal and distal risk factors domains common to all diagnostic conditions and ages, and reviews the current best practice studies on the treatment and appropriate clinical management of suicidal risk.  This Webcast is free.

In case you are interested, through WPIC’s Office of Education and Regional Programming, individuals also are eligible to receive continuing education credits for a fee, after they have completed the program.  Individuals must submit a request for CEUs following the viewing of the entire program, following directions provided on the site.

This Webcast can be viewed by individuals, or it can be used for a training event scheduled by a school district or agency, in part or in its entirety.  CEUs can be obtained only if the entire Webcase is viewed.  The procedure for receiving CEUs would be the same as those for individuals.

Please click here to access "Suicide Risk:  Comprehensive Assessment and Clinical Management" Webcast.