Santa Clara County Suicide Prevention Program

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1 Santa Clara County Suicide Prevention Program Mission: To bring community awareness to the issue of suicide and to engage the community effort to stop it. Santa Clara County Department of Behavioral Health Services, Division of Integrated Behavioral Health

2 2010 SCC BOS ADOPTED A SUICIDE PREVENTION STRATEGIC PLAN STRATEGY ONE: Suicide Intervention Programs STRATEGY TWO: Education/Information Programs STRATEGY THREE: Develop "Best Practices" w/media STRATEGY FOUR: Implement Policy/Systems Change STRATEGY FIVE: Establish Robust Data Collection/Monitoring System

3 SANTA CLARA COUNTY HAS A POPULATION OF 1.78 MILLION SCC HAS 15 CITIES IN 2011 SCC RATE OF SUICIDE WAS 8.9 PER 100,000 CALIFORNIA RATE OF SUICIDE WAS 10.6 PER 100,000 US RATE OF SUICIDE WAS 12.7 PER 100,000

4 NUMBER AND RATE OF SUICIDES SANTA CLARA COUNTY

5 SUICIDES BY GENDER AND YEAR Female Male SANTA CLARA COUNTY

6 2009 Deaths 2010 Deaths 2011 Deaths 39% 61% 30% 70% 37% 63% 2012 Deaths 2013 Deaths 30% 45% Female 70% 55% Male

7 Suicide Rate per 100,000 by City Mean is 7.8

8 25.0% Total Suicides by Age Group 23.2% 20.0% 15.0% 10.0% 20.2% 12.9% 12.8% 12.0% 15.1% 15.6% 14.9% 14.8% 17.7% 10.4% 9.3% 5.0% 0.0% 6.0% 5.6% 3.5% 3.6% 1.5% 0.5% <= Census 2010

9 Total = 745 Place of Death Number % Home % Car % Hotel/Motel % Train Tracks % Park/Trail % Relative/Friend Home % Work 9 1.2% Hospital/Nursing Home 9 1.2% Jail 7 1.0% Other Public % UNK %

10 MEANS Total % Asphyxiation % Helium % Cutting/Stab % Drowning % Drug/Poison % Firearm % Hanging % Fire % Jumping % Train % Other % Total %

11 % Of Suicidal Communication Suicide Note 34.5% Ph/Txt/ /Video 5.1% Verbal Comments 2.4% No Note 39.6% Unknown 18.9% 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0% 35.0% 40.0% 45.0%

12 Suicides for Ages Deaths By Year

13 Strategy 1 SPSP: Strategies Implement and coordinate suicide prevention and intervention programs and services for targeted high risk populations Strategy 2 Implement a community education and information campaign to increase public awareness of suicide and suicide prevention Strategy 3 Develop local communication best practices to improve media coverage and public dialogue related to suicide Strategy 4 Implement policy and governance advocacy to promote systems change in suicide awareness and prevention Strategy 5 Establish a robust data collection and monitoring system to increase the scope and availability of suicide-related data and to evaluate suicide prevention efforts

14 The Spectrum of Prevention Level of Spectrum Initiatives/Programs at this level Strategy 1. Strengthening Individual Knowledge and Skill 2. Promoting Community Education Suicide and Crisis Services (early intervention/intervention), gatekeeper trainings (prevention) QPR, safetalk, Mental Health First Aid, SP Speakers Bureau 3. Educating Providers safetalk, ASIST, AMSR 2 1, 2 2, 3 4. Fostering Coalitions and Networks 5. Changing Organizational Practices 6. Influencing Policy and Legislation Intervention Workgroup, Communications Workgroup, Data Workgroup, SPOC, MOU with PHD SPOC 4 Community Partners, SP mini-grants, SP Evaluator 1-5 4, 5

15 Suicide and Crisis Services (SACS) FY12-13 JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY JUNE TOTAL SUICIDE IN PROGRESS HIGH RISK MEDIUM RISK LOW RISK CRISIS ONLY (NON- SUICIDAL) INFORMATION AL (TRIAGE, MISC) , TOTAL ,457 FY13-14 JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY JUNE TOTAL SUICIDE IN PROGRESS HIGH RISK MEDIUM RISK LOW RISK CRISIS ONLY (NON- SUICIDAL) INFORMATION AL (TRIAGE, MISC) , TOTAL ,176

16 April August males, 45 females Ages: 0 10: : : : : : : : 1 Unknown: 18 ED Report

17 Public Awareness Campaign

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22 School Policy Update There were slow and gradual outcomes: 5 school districts: SP policy & ARs prior to school districts: SP policy & ARs in school districts: SP policy & ARs in school districts: SP policy & ARs since June school districts: considering a SP policy & ARs 3 school districts: no indication of any action 1 district: unique, so no request Santa Clara County Office of Education: SP policy & ARs

23 Summary of SP Policies: Santa Clara County Alum Rock Union School District Berryessa Union School District Campbell Union High School District Fremont Union High School District Milpitas Unified School District San Jose Unified School District Gilroy Unified School District Moreland School District Saratoga Union School District Lakeside Joint School District Mount Pleasant School District Sunnyvale School District Campbell Union School District Loma Prieta Joint Union School District Mountain View Los Altos High School District Union Elementary School District East Side Union High School District Los Gatos Union School District Oak Grove School District Evergreen School District Franklin-McKinley School District Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union H.S. District Luther Burbank School District Orchard School District Palo Alto Unified School District Santa Clara County Office of Education

24 Online Question, Persuade and Refer (QPR) code distribution 1% 5,800 1% 5% 6% 21% 26% 8% 16% 12% 4% Schools Cities Faith Comm. Org. County Clinics Vol. Colleges Public Private

25 Sunday, October 26, 2014 DeAnza College SCVHHS Walk to Wellness

26 Evidence Based Health Promotion and Education Assessing & Managing Suicide Risk: Core Competencies for Mental Health Professionals

27 Gatekeeper Trainings by SP Staff Training How many offered Participants Pending QPR October 10 safetalk 4 64 October 24 ASIST (early intervention) 4 88 September December MHFA (Spanish) 1 5 November 21-22

28 Community Events Community Events #/Locations Participants Pending Health Fairs 6 Over 1000 October 6 Escuela Popular (Binational Healthweek) October 18 Open Air Health Fair October 23 - Senior Resource and Wellness Fair October 26 Out of the Darkness Walk Suicide Prevention Presentations 7 Over 300 October 3 & 14 - County Office of Education Summit: October 3 - MHB-Executive Committee Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Initiative Speakers Bureau: Community Conversations 3 68

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30 Evelyn Tirumalai, MPH Suicide Prevention Coordinator Phone: (408) Mobile: (408) Pain isn t always obvious. Learn the signs at ww.suicideispreventable.org Find support at your fingertips at any time of the day: To download on your smart phone, search: my3 support network