Join Prevention First's Mental Health and Technical Assistance Team as we host a webinar on associations between substance use, suicide, and mental health. During this webinar, we will be discussing ways substance use is a risk factor for suicide and negative mental health outcomes.
Objectives:
- Participants will understand the concept of "alcohol myopia" as a risk factor for suicide.
- Participants will be able to describe at least two ways that substance use and mental health outcomes are related.
- Participants will be able to identify at least one resource for evidence-based strategies related to prevention and intervention options.
Dr. Jason R. Kilmer, Ph.D., is a professor of Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. Kilmer's focus has primarily been the development, implementation, and evaluation of brief interventions and prevention efforts to reduce alcohol and other drug-related harms among college students and other young adults. He has more than 20 years of experience conducting research on substance use disorder etiology and prevention with high school students, college students, and young adults.