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Senator Carlucci to Hold Hearing on Suicide Prevention
Senator David Carlucci
June 3, 2019
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ISSUE:
- Suicide Prevention
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(Albany, NY) – Chair of the Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities Committee, Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) will be holding a New York State Senate hearing on suicide prevention tomorrow (6/5).
According to the New York State Health Department, suicides are the second leading cause of death due to injuries among all age groups in New York State. In 2014, suicide was currently the third leading cause of death for youth between 10 and 14 years of age in New York, and new research by the National Institute of Mental Health has shown that the suicide rate is roughly two times higher for black children ages 5-12 as compared with white children of the same age.
The hearing will look to determine and develop suicide prevention efforts in all communities and address best practices to help combat this public health problem across the state. There will also be specific emphasis on youth suicide and early intervention.
Who: Senator David Carlucci and Chairman of the Committee on Health, Senator Gustavo Rivera
Where: Van Buren Hearing Room A, Legislative Office Building, 2nd Floor, Albany, New York
When: June 4 @ 10:00 a.m.
Testifying:
Sarah Ravenhall, MHA, CHES NYS Association County Health Officials
Brigid Pigott, Rockland County Department of Mental Health
Dr. Michael Lindsey, NYU/McSilver Institute
Edward Staehr, NY FarmNet at Cornell University
Rosa Gil, DSW Comunilife
Glenn Liebman Mental Health Association of NYS (MHANYS)
Mathew Shapiro and Roy Ettere, NAMI
Kathleen Carney, Lexington Center Clinic Director
Seth Diamond, Westchester Jewish Community Services
Brett Scudder, Suicide Intervention Services Foundation
Sam Dorison, Trevor Project Chief of Staff
Ben Esposito, NYS Camp Director’s Association
Donna Besler, Ontario Suicide Prevention Coalition
Tiffany Folk, Director Tristan Foundation
Jeffery Daly, MD, Medical Director, Child and Adolescent Outpatient Psychiatric Services, Four Winds Hospital
Isabel Ebrahimi, ADHD Coach, Help is Here Coaching
Anamul Haque, Suicide Advocate
Link to Livestream of hearing: https://www.nysenate.gov/calendar/public-hearings/june-04-2019/joint-public-hearing-suicide-and-suicide-prevention-0
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