Saying Nothing is Worse Than Saying The Wrong Thing: Suicide Postvention for Providers

Practical for Your Practice by The Center for Deployment Psychology

Episode notes

How do we support providers who are impacted by suicide loss? Although most of us are familiar with the importance of suicide prevention, we are less familiar with the concept of suicide postvention. Dr. Megan Harvey of the Rocky Mountain MIRECC joins us on this episode to discuss how we can compassionately and effectively support providers coping with a suicide loss, either professional or personal. Tune in for this important discussion.

Dr. Harvey is a psychologist with over 15 years of experience working within the VA Health System. She provides consultation and other services as part of the Suicide Risk Management Consultation Program housed by the Rocky Mountain MIRECC.

Resources:

  1. The Suicide Risk Management Consultation Program (SRM) provides free consultation, support, and resources to VA or non-VA p ... 
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