Action Summit for Suicide Prevention and the 2nd Annual
Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative Conference
Partnering With Tribes to Protect the Circle of Life
The 2011 Action Summit for Suicide Prevention on August 1–4, in Scottsdale, Arizona, is your opportunity to hear from, and interact with, nationally recognized speakers, behavioral health providers, tribal leaders, health care providers, law enforcement, first responders, and school personnel committed to addressing emergent suicide and substance abuse prevention issues in Indian Country. This free event will provide the most up-to-date research, best practices, and promising practices to address suicide and substance abuse prevention, intervention, and aftercare in Indian Country.
The summit theme, partnering with Tribes to protect the circle of life, emphasizes the importance of collaboration with tribal, federal, state, and community leadership, programs, and resources for the advancement of American Indian and Alaska Native behavioral health.
| Complete Summit Program Available |
| For the full, 80-page program with workshop descriptions, speaker biographies, and more, please click here. [PDF – 1.44 MB] |
The Second Annual Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative (MSPI) Conference will be incorporated into the Action Summit for Suicide Prevention and will include suicide and methamphetamine prevention learning labs from MSPI programs.
We are committed to using a collaborative approach to this serious, heart-breaking problem in our communities. Not one agency can solve this alone, and we have reached out ... to try a more coordinated approach in partnership with Tribes.
Dr. Yvette Roubideaux
IHS Director
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