Suicide Prevention Training and Resources - Interview with Austin Lucas from the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation (OSPF)

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September is Suicide Prevention Month. Today, we’re talking about Suicide Prevention Training and Resources with my guest, Austin Lucas, from the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation (OSPF).

During our interview, we talk about

1. How we met and what the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation is
2. Suicide prevention training opportunities for Pharmacists
3. How pharmacists in direct patient care roles can spot warning signs and have effective conversations with patients at risk of suicide
4. Pharmacist suicide rates compared to the general working population
5. Coping strategies for stressed, burned-out pharmacists who may be considering suicide
6. Resources, including the Voices for Suicide Prevention Podcast
7. BONUS discussion at the very end of the interview (Hint: suicide terminology has changed over the years - Austin tells you what you need to know.)

We cover a lot in our 40-minute interview.

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Bio - Austin Lucas (August 2024)

Austin Lucas serves as the Program Director for the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation (OSPF). He manages suicide prevention programming, training, events, education, and resources for federal, state, and foundation grants. Additionally, Austin is the project lead for the Suicide Prevention Plan for Ohio Implementation Team, which ensures the goals and objectives in the Suicide Prevention Plan for Ohio are met and exceeded. Austin also serves as the project lead to build out Ohio’s local and state suicide fatality review and psychological autopsy infrastructure. He is passionate about empowering communities to spread suicide prevention training, knowledge, and skills throughout their locality.

About the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation (OSPF) - August 2024

The Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation is a non-profit organization that works tirelessly to prevent one of our most preventable causes of death: suicide. Our work includes reducing the stigma of suicide, promoting evidence-based prevention strategies, and raising awareness about suicide’s relationship to mental illness and substance use disorders, and other factors that contribute to suicide. Our community-based programs and best-practice resources are specifically designed to improve mental health across the state. Thanks to a combination of education, training, and support, we’re helping all of Ohio’s communities reduce the risk of suicide and lessen its effects on family, friends, and neighbors.

Links from this episode

OSPF website: https://www.ohiospf.org/

OSPF Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ohiospf

OSPF Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ohio_spf/

OSPF LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ohio-suicide-prevention-foundation/

Austin Lucas on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/austinmlucas/

Voices for Suicide Prevention Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/voices-for-suicide-prevention/id1615500158 (Apple Podcasts Link)

The Ohio Pharmacists Association https://www.ohiopharmacists.org

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