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Addiction: The Causes of Abuse and Dependence And How to Break the Cycle

…what is going on for them, and recognize the signs that it is time to seek help. Warning signs that drinking or substance use needs professional treatment include: Recurring binge drinking, or drinking or using to excess. An inability to leave unfinished alcohol behind (for example, a person without alcohol dependence may leave wine served with a meal unfinished; a person with a dependence problem is unable to leave unfinished alcohol behind) Feel…

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6 CE Online Suicide Prevention Training: Fulfill California’s Requirement for Suicide Risk Assessment and Intervention

…saving treatments. This on-demand online course with leading suicidologist Dr. Lisa Firestone and the California Psychological Association will provide an invaluable opportunity for therapists to become familiar with risk assessment and effective crisis interventions, as well as empirically validated, evidence-based treatments for suicide that are fast becoming the standard of care. 6 CE Credits are available for this course. LEARN AT YOUR OWN PAC…

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What We Need to Know to Prevent Suicide

…ested in a longer, more in-depth presentation on suicide prevention, watch Dr. Lisa Firestone’s archived CE Webinar “Suicide: What Therapists Need to Know.” All Webinars are provided by The Glendon Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and enhancing mental health. To support this Webinar series, you can make a donation to The Glendon Association by clicking here In this Webinar: In this free Webinar, Dr. Lisa Firestone te…

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Adolescent Suicide: Speaking Up for Our Children

…e your knowledge of teen suicide. Quick facts for parents about adolescent suicide: 1. Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the United States ages 15-24, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). 2. Approximately 3% of adolescents engage in medically serious suicide attempts. These suicide attempts often predate serious, overlooked, or untreated mental illnesses. Typically occurring mental…

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5 Ways to Rewrite Your Breakup Story and Feel Better

…lationship. By getting to know ourselves and our patterns, we not only free ourselves from much of the pain of a breakup, but we orient ourselves to make better choices in the future, both in the partners we select and how we relate to a loved one over time. To learn more, join Dr. Lisa Firestone for a Webinar on “Overcoming Breakups and Rejection.” Understanding and Overcoming Relationship Anxiety Length: 90 Minutes Price: $15 On-Demand Webinars…

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Simple Ways to Reduce the Mental Illness Stigma

…ors, abusing food (under eating or overeating) or a suicide attempt before helping a person get treatment. Imagine if we could see the suicide rate go down, just by helping more people feel okay about getting help earlier on.   Simple Ways to Fight the Stigma What can the average person do to turn back negative attitudes about mental illness? We can develop a better attitude toward mental health issues and those with mental illness, and be more op…

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The Do’s and Don’ts of Suicide Prevention

…ion Advice Page Related Articles: Coping Suggestions for the Suicidal Person Helper Tasks – How You Can Help Someone Who’s Suicidal Suicide: The Warning Signs Suicide: How You Can Help Someone at Risk Busting the Myths About Suicide…

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Save a Life

…d crisis centers around the world. The Glendon Association’s “Save a Life” Dr. Lisa Firestone’s “The Warning Signs of Suicide” &“Suicide: How You Can Help Someone at Risk” Washington Post’s Pulling loved ones out of the lure of suicide Suicide Prevention Resource Center American Psychological Association American Association of Suicidology American Foundation for Suicide Prevention National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Suicide Prevention Action Net…

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It’s Not Easy to Be Objective About Suicide

…elves. How do they even know how to kill themselves? The Putting a Face on Suicide is a personal project of Mike Purcell. Mike’s son 21-year old Christopher Lee Purcell, died by suicide in 2008. This powerful project may be freely used by any person or organization to promote mental health organizations, memorial foundations, and suicide education and prevention causes. Please contact Mike Purcell at [email protected] for more information…

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The Critical Inner Voice Defined

…Inner Voice with your father, Dr. Robert W. Firestone, and Joyce Catlett? Dr. Lisa Firestone: After years of therapy practice, we could see how much our patientsgained from a deeper understanding of their critical inner voice, and we wanted to make it available to the general public. The goal is to help individuals gain an awareness of the critical inner voice that causes us to fall short of our capabilities and prevents us from living the life w…

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