Webinar: Responding to the Alarm: Addressing Black Youth Suicide

On April 21, hear from experts on black youth suicide in America during an interactive roundtable webinar hosted by the Office for Disparities Research and Workforce Diversity at the National Institute of Mental Health, in collaboration with the Office of Behavioral Health Equity at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

The webinar will feature the co-authors of Ring the Alarm: The Crisis of Black Youth Suicide in America, a report from the Congressional Black Caucus’s Emergency Taskforce on Black Youth Suicide and Mental Health.

Panelists will discuss topics such as:

• The latest trends and prevalence of suicide and suicide-related behaviors among black children and youth;
• Common risk and protective factors that are most salient for this population;
• Perspectives on this crisis and ways to identify black children and youth who are at risk for suicide; and
• Thoughts on how to best engage this population and provide them with developmentally and culturally appropriate support and care.

Learn more and register here.