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Deaf & Hard of Hearing Resources in American Sign Language (ASL)

• What to do if you're suicidal and how to help a friend.

• Warning Signs and Statistics

Get Trained to Spot the Warning Signs!

• Find a QPR Trainer in Wisconsin - alphabetized by county

• To set up a local QPR 1.5 Hour Training- spcicwi@gmail.com 

Schedule a FREE QPR training at your workplace, church, school, club or neighborhood

Suicide Prevention Coalition of Iowa County offers a free QPR (Question Persuade Refer) training where participants learn the warning signs for suicide, how to offer hope, and how to seek help to save a life.

QPR is CPR for Suicide Prevention. QPR stands for:

• ​Question the person about suicide

• Persuade the person to get help

• Refer them for help

Online QPR Training--  QPR

 

Podcasts to Help Depression

Mindfulness : Mindful awareness is a concept that focuses on one's attention in the present moment, and the awareness of things going on around you. This involves living in the moment, and can greatly combat stress and anxiety, as well as chronic pain and depression (Top 5 Mindfulness Podcast of 2019) (other key words to search: relaxation, self-care, guided imagery, yoga, breathing techniques, stress relief, grounding myself)

• 10% Happier with Dan Harris - This mindfulness podcast addresses a clear, simple approach to meditation alongside some of the most respected meditation teachers in the world

• Of Being With Krista Tippett - This podcast interviews some notable guests, such as Atul Gawande and Michael Sheen. It is also home to the Civil Conversations Project, which is a new approach to having conversations and developing relationships, no matter what age you are.

• Pathway to Happiness by Gary Van Warmerdam- a great podcast for people who are seeking happiness and aiming to eliminate negativity in their lives

Gratitude:

(other key words to search: appreciate life, daily devotional, positive mind set, power of gratitude, attitude of gratitude)

• The Gratitude Podcast - David Steindl-Rast
  I do this by interviewing successful people and getting them to share fascinating stories about how gratitude has helped them get to where they are now.

• Growing Minds - A podcast about how changing your mindset can change your life. A 20-something educator tries to share her journey in personal growth

• Natalie Pace - co-creator of the Earth Gratitude project and the bestselling author of The Gratitude Game, The ABCs of Money and You Vs. Wall Street.

• Gratitude Attitude - Jon Bone Parker - Upping my state of gratitude

• The Yogi Show - Yoga , Mindfulness, and Gratitude with a touch of humor
   

Humor: 

(Search for any of your favorite comedians or actors to find a match for you) Others are like audio versions of your favorite funny TV shows, complete with sound effects and theme songs. Then there are also a bunch of podcasts that cover funny material

• Nicole Byer - Female from New Jersey

• My Dad Wrote a Porno - British Podcast of reads reads a chapter a week and discovers more about his father than he ever bargained for.

• Marc Maron - Man from Flint Michigan that grew up in an alcoholic family.

• Wait Wait ...Don't tell me - (NPR) current events quiz put to humor

• My Brother, My Brother and Me - hosted by brothers Justin, Travis, and Griffin McElroy. Regular episodes of the podcast feature the brothers comically providing answers to questions either submitted by listeners or found on the Yahoo!
   

Health & Wellness:  

• Bullet Proof Radio - Dave Asprey

• The Doctor's Farmacy - Dr. Mark Hymen, PhD

• Medical Medium- Anthony William

• The Mindbodygreen Podcast-  Jason Wachob

• The Balanced Blonde - Jordan Younger

• One Part Plant - Jessica Murname

Training Videos

• Tough Enough To Talk : Focused on Trades Men and Construction Workers

• Tough Enough to Talk About it: (Canadian) Trades workers and Farmers.

• Community Helpers :Community Helpers provides information to strengthen an individual’s existing supportive skills while emphasizing the importance of self-care.

• Dougy Center :  Focus on Kids, Teens & young Adults

Webinars/Conference Calls

Farmer Focused Webinars:

•  Stress Management on the Farm"  by the MidAtlantic Women in Agriculture.

• Rural Community Action Guide

• Rural Health Strategies

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Medical Focused Trainings

• Emergency Dept. Suicide Prevention

• Suicide Prevention Strategies and Resources to Improve Services for Service Members, Veterans and their Families. (2013)

• Toolkits from Suicide Prevention Resource Center

•   Zero Suicide Webinar:

• Suicide Prevention Resource Center Webinar Page. (Settings) "Primary Care", "Health Care", "Emergency Dept."

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Youth & Teens Trainings/ Programs

• Wisconsin DPI 

• Wisconsin Youth Suicide Prevention DPI

• Sandy Hook Program Suicide Prevention

• Community Programs

• Grief Support Classes for Professionals Working with Teens (Dougy House)

• Dougy House All Training

• Suicide Prevention Resource Center Webinar Page. (population) "Youth", "Teen", "Adolescents"

 

Domestic Violence Trainings

 Research Highlights Series:

• Suicide and Intimate Partner Violence Part 1 & 2 (2013)

• Intimate Partner Violence & Suicide (2022)

LGBT​

• Trevor's Project: Trevor CARE Training 

• Trevor's Project: Trevor Ally Trainings 

• Suicide Prevention Resource Center Webinar Page. (population) "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual"

 

Faith Based Approach to Suicide Prevention​​​

• Biblical View of Mental Health (Pod cast)

• Where Soul meets Body; Mental Health

• The Role Of Faith Based Leaders in Suicide Prevention

• What does Torah Teach about Depression

• Suicide Prevention Resource Center Webinar Page. (Settings) "Faith Communities"

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Environmental Factors That Can Cause Depression

• Heavy Metals in your body - request a test from your physician

  • Toxic Metals that Contribute to Depression

  • How Heavy Metals affect Mental Health

  • Scientific Study

• Lymes Disease - request a test from your physician

  • Lyme Disease and Depression

  • John Hopkins Research

  • A Case Report in Psychiatry

• Mold Exposure

  • Is it Mental Illness or Mold Toxicity? 

  • Could Toxic Mold Cause Mental Health Troubles?

  • The link between Mold & Mental Health

• Chemical Exposures

  • Depression in Farmers - How Pesticides are Another Mental Health Stress

  • Pesticide Exposure Linked to Teen Depression

• Seasonal Affectiveness Disorder​

  • Seasonal Affectiveness Disorder (Medline Plus)

Head Trauma (Mild to Severe) & Depression

The Mayo Clinic explains-Traumatic brain injury usually results from a violent blow or jolt to the head or body. Mild traumatic brain injury can physically have no loss of consciousness, but a state of being dazed, confused or disoriented; where as a more severe injury can have a person lose consciousness for a long period of time. 

Phone App: The Concussion Coach App provides you with resources to help you manage symptoms of concussion or mild to moderate traumatic brain injury.

Many different factors contribute to depression after TBI, and these vary a great deal from person to person.

• Physical changes in the brain due to injury. Depression may result from injury to the areas of the brain that control emotions. Changes in the levels of certain natural chemicals in the brain, called neurotransmitters, can cause depression.

• Emotional response to injury. Depression can also arise as a person struggles to adjust to temporary or lasting disability, losses or role changes within the family and society.

• Factors unrelated to injury.Some people have a higher risk for depression due to inherited genes, personal or family history, and other influences that were present before the brain injury.

What can be done to help Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): If you have symptoms of depression, it is important to seek professional help as soon as possible, preferably with a health care provider who is familiar with TBI. You may also respond to medication or therapy.

Resources:

• Traumatic Brain Injury Tool Kits

• 5 Fast Facts

• Teens with TBI Resources

• How to tell if a Teen has a TBI

• Brain Injury Association of America

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Preservatives in Food that Cause Anxiety

Resources:

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Evidence Based Research - Deakin Univ.

Food & Mood Consumer Guide 

Mental Health First Aid Relationship of Food & Mood

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​Quick Guidelines:

• Red Dye #40:  can disrupt normal nervous system function, which may increase symptoms of anxiety after eating them.

• Yellow Dye #5: can disrupt normal nervous system function, which may increase symptoms of anxiety after eating them.

• MSG : MSG is an excitotoxin which over-excites cells to the point of damage. Regular consumption has been linked to depression.

• Aspartame: Sweetener (951), aspartame is used to replace sugar in a number of products, from ‘sugar-free’ soft drinks to gums and other tabletop sweeteners. Researchers have found a link between regular consumption of aspartame and a number of health conditions, including anxiety.

• Refined Sugar: A sugar crash can leave you feeling irritable and tense, which can mimic and also intensify anxious feelings. When your blood sugar levels are irregular and drop from high to low constantly, the hormones adrenaline and cortisol are released, which can cause anxiety and panic.

• Alcohol: Alcohol is a depressant and interferes with the production and use of serotonin, which is a neurotransmitter that helps to regulate mood. Alcohol also significantly hinders your metabolism.

Medication & Descriptions

• Suicide Prevention & Statistics

• Antidepressants & Suicide

• Prozac Side Effects & Suicide

• Mental Health Medication and Their Side Effects

• Medication Decisions

• Types of Medications

• Drug & Medication Recall Alerts

What is Mental Illness?

• How Childhood Trauma Changes our Hormones, thus Changes our Mental Health into Adulthood

• Mental Health Conditions

• American Mental Health Statistics

• The Decline in Play and the Rise in Children's Mental Health Disorders

• Depression & Addiction

• "Healthy Mind and Body: A Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Guide"

 

Relationships

• If you Leave Me, I'll Kill Myself

  • Guidelines to follow​

  • Emotional & Psychological Abuse

  • Free Podcast "Love & Abuse"

• When your partner threatens suicide

• If you are Feeling Suicidal After a Break Up

• Breakups and Suicide

• Depression After a Break up

• Self-Care During a Divorce

 

Financial Problems

• Get a job after Rehab

• Free Grant money to help women

• Keeping your home through Debilitating Diseases

• Debt Impact on Mental Health: Coping

• Debt & Emotions Research

• Finding a Job After Rehab​

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Media

• "Cost of Live: Suicide Awareness and Prevention" - US Insurance Agents

• National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention Task Force

• Prevent Suicide WI

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Public Service Announcement

• PSA- Warning Signs (30 sec. video)

• PSA - Resources to Use (30 sec. video)

• PSA - Stay & find your reason to live (2:37 video)

• Left Behind: Beyond Suicide (6:11 video of family members after a suicide loss)

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Book Recommendations

What Made Maddy Run: Focus on Teen Athletes. True Story about an ivy league runner that dies by suicide.

Suggestions from American Foundation of Suicide Prevention (after a Suicide)

• On above site scroll down for: Coping, Survivors Stories, Helping Children, For Adolescents & Teens, For Men, For Clinicians, Poetry & Novels, Understanding Suicide & Mental Illness, Inspiration.
   

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College Students

Transitioning into College & College Life

• Mental Health Guide - College

• Coping with Stress in College

• Mental Health Guidebook for Students 

• College Depression & what parents should know

• Suicide and Depression Guide 

• Nursing Students Mental Health
   

Senior Citizens​

• Senior Funding and Grants 

• Prevent Suicide Wisconsin Resources

• (research) Prevention of Suicide in Primary Care Elderly: Collaborative Trial (PROSPECT) – aims to prevent suicide among older primary care patients by reducing suicidal ideation and depression. It also aims to reduce their risk of death 

• Resources for loneliness & Isolation

• Care Giver Burn Out

• Wisconsin Warmlines "Talk to Someone"

• Suicide Prevention Resource Center (103 resources for senior Citizen Mental Health)

  • Substance Abuse & Mental Health - Seniors "Promoting Emotional Health & Preventing Suicide"

  • Suicide Prevention Resource Center

  • Suicide in Late Life: Unique Factors and Enduring Treatment Gaps

  • Reducing Loneliness and Social Isolation Among Older Adults

Widows by Suicide

• HOPE for Widows Resources

• HOPE for Widows Foundation

• Words from a widow, things I've learned

• Widows by suicide need compassion, not judgement
   

Farmers

Directory to Find Therapist with Ag background

• Agsource

Articles on Suicide and Farming.

• Got Your Back 

• Mental Health Resources for Farmers and Ranchers

• 2016 Research shows occupations with highest suicide rate

• Sowing Seeds Of Hope;

• Suicide in Farmers linked to Pesticides

• Farmers Suicide Rate well in 1980's

• Clinical Psychologist for Farmers

• Videos of farming and suicide

• • The Surprising Reality Of Depression And Suicide Among Farmers. Discussion of depression and suicide in farming community with special focus on the suicide of a Minnesota farmer and its affects on others. 

  • Green Blood Red Tears is a documentary about a Kentucky farmer who committed suicide. Ag-Culture Media, Middletown, Kentucky. 

  • Fierce Goodbye: Living in the Shadow of Suicide. Mennonite Media.  

  • Shadow Voices: Finding Hope in Mental Illness. Mennonite Media. 

 

Veterans​

• Reach Out Resources on aging, transitioning from services, relationships, jobs

• Til Valhalla - offers free therapy to Vets

• About the Veterans Crisis Hotline

• Stop Soldier Suicide

• Identify the Warning Signs in Vets​

 

Gay, Lesbian, Transgender

• Get Help - The Trevor Project

• Cyberbullying

• Mama Dragon : mom's of LGBTQ+ children
  
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Faith Leaders Resources

• Mental Health Ministries (organization Webpage)

• Mental Health Grace Alliance (organization Web page)

• Fresh Hope (organization web page)

• Pathways 2 Promises (Organization website)

• Mental Health Ministries  (Presbyterian)

• Grace for the Afflicted (book)

• Troubled Minds (book)

 

Drug & Alcohol Addiction

• Self-Care without opioids

• Solstice House - Free Recovery Residence in Madison

• Addiction & Suicide

• Cyberbullying & Addiction in Youth

• Drug addiction and sleep

• Start Your Recovery

• Drugs on the Brain

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After An Attempt​

• After an Attempt, how to help yourself

• What to say after an attempt and how to support them

• How to help yourself & others

• What NOT to say

• Guiding their way back after a suicide attempt

• Guide for Teachers - self-harming behaviors
  
   

Other Organizations

• Ag Behavioral Health

• Val Farmer, PhD

• The Rural Health Information Hub

• American Association of Suicidology

• American Foundation of Suicide Prevention – AFSP

• Family Support after loss of a child dies

  • Local 608-391-0035

• Grief Resources in Variety of Settings 

• Discussion Boards on Grief and Healing- Men's Grief

• Mental Health America-MHA

• National Alliance of Mental Illness - NAMI

• Suicide Awareness/Voices of Education - SAVE

• Suicide Prevention Action Network USA - SPAN

• Suicide Prevention Resource Center