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Question-Persuade-Refer (QPR) Suicide Prevention Training - Mercer County
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2024-12-11 13:00:00
2024-12-11 15:00:00
Question-Persuade-Refer (QPR) Suicide Prevention Training - Mercer County
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What is QPR?The QPR Institute's mission is to save lives and reduce suicidal behaviors by providing innovative, practical, and proven suicide prevention training.We believe that quality education empowers all people, regardless of their background, to make a positive difference in the life of someone they know. What is a QPR Gatekeeper?A gatekeeper is someone in a position to recognize a crisis and the warning signs that someone may be contemplating suicide. QPR Gatekeepers can by anyone, but includeParentsTeachersMinistersYouthDoctorsFirst RespondersMental Health ProfessionalsAnd You! As a certified QPR Gatekeeper you will learn to:Recognize the warning signs of suicideIncrease awareness of stigma and understand suicide as a public health issueKnow how to offer hopeKnow how to access local and national referral resourcesKnow how to get help and save a life
Hazen City Hall (146 Main Street E
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Hazen City Hall (146 Main Street E
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QPR
What is QPR?
The QPR Institute's mission is to save lives and reduce suicidal behaviors by providing innovative, practical, and proven suicide prevention training.
We believe that quality education empowers all people, regardless of their background, to make a positive difference in the life of someone they know.
What is a QPR Gatekeeper?
A gatekeeper is someone in a position to recognize a crisis and the warning signs that someone may be contemplating suicide. QPR Gatekeepers can by anyone, but include
- Parents
- Teachers
- Ministers
- Youth
- Doctors
- First Responders
- Mental Health Professionals
- And You!
As a certified QPR Gatekeeper you will learn to:
- Recognize the warning signs of suicide
- Increase awareness of stigma and understand suicide as a public health issue
- Know how to offer hope
- Know how to access local and national referral resources
- Know how to get help and save a life
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Requests for accommodations related to disability should be made to the event contact person at least two weeks in advance of the event.
