Dr. Maria Kirchner
NJ Department of Health
Allison Kusznikow
NJ Department of Human Services
New Jersey's Suicide Prevention Committee co-leads, Ally Kusznikow and Dr. Maria Kirchner, welcome attendees and give an overview of the day.
Bretta Jacquemin
NJ Department of Health
The Department of Human Services addresses a message from the Department and begins the event.
Dr. Clancy Martin
Author
Clancy Martin will be discussing his personal experience as a survivor of multiple suicide attempts, with the goal of helping others understand how suicidal thinking works from the inside. He will also be suggesting simple techniques and lessons from great thinkers that have helped him to avoid making an attempt and that will help others in crisis.
Mary Jean Weston
NJ Department of Human Services
Jesse Szwed
Contact of Mercer
Natacha White
Cumberland Urgent Care
Kate Donovan
Monmouth Medical Center
Dr. Michael Anestis
New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center
Dr. Robert Eilers
NJ Department of Human Services
Learn of the surge in firearm purchases, understand the connection to owning a firearm and the pandemic, and who is at risk of suicide or a suicide attempt.
Jeff Carrick
NJ Department of Children and Families Children’s System of Care
Kalisha Smith
Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide
Stacy Reh
New Jersey’s Department of Children and Families Children’s System of Care
Dr. Meera Wells
The Pediatric Psychiatry Collaborative
Maureen Brogan
Traumatic Loss Coalition
Liz Graham
180 Turning Lives Around- 2NDFLOOR
Tim Seplaki
NJ Department of Health
Roy Diaz
Brian Taylor
Eric Hicken
NJ Department of Health
Steve Crimando
NJ Department of Human Services
Megan Sullivan
NJ Department of Human Services
Dr. Petros Levounis
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
This talk will focus on the state of addiction science, substances and behaviors, treatments, and social context in 2023. The lecturer will also address the link between addiction and suicide.
Steve Crimando
NJ Department of Human Services
As global temperatures rise, climate change’s impacts on mental health are becoming increasingly evident. Recent research has linked elevated temperatures to an increase in violence, stress and decreased cognitive function, as well as suicide rates. Researchers project that up to 21,000 additional suicides will occur by 2050 within the United States and Mexico if climate change continues to warm the Earth at the current projected rates. Even small changes in suicide rates due to climate change could result in large human costs that all society must begin to anticipate.
Anne Smullen Thieling
Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey
Carlyn Barnes
Legacy Treatment Services
Matt Bruno
Rutgers Health - University Behavioral Health Care
Cynthia Camacho
Oaks Integrated Care
JP Pedoto
Family Connections
Schenike Massie-Lambert, PhD
Rutgers Health - University Behavioral Health Care
Robert Nagle
Middleton Psychology Services
Celina Levy
NJ Governor's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Wendy Sefcik
Chair, NJ Youth Suicide Prevention Advisory Council
Maureen Brogan
Traumatic Loss Coalition
Tricia Baker
Attitudes in Reverse
Shilpa Kulkarni
Shiv’s Third Eye
Deirdre Allette Asiema
Darren Clark Jr. Memorial Foundation
Vincent Solomeno
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Dr. Mike Colston
NJ Department of Health
Get informed about available programs implemented by the Veterans Administration and the NJ Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and their coalitions for Veterans at risk of suicide.
Janet Berkowitz
Creative Crisis Care
Dr. Stacey Freedenthal
University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work
Amy Hassa
Dr. Mike Colston
NJ Department of Health