BMC to Host Suicide Prevention Conference In Early October
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The 2025 annual Berkshire County Suicide Prevention Conference has been scheduled for Tuesday, Oct 7, hosted by Berkshire Medical Center, the Berkshire Coalition for Suicide Prevention, Massachusetts Department of Public Health Suicide Prevention Program, The Brien Center, Austen Riggs Center and National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Berkshire County.
The event will be held from 8 am to 4:30 pm at Tanglewood's Linde Center for Music and Learning in Lenox, and continuing education unit (CEU) applications will be submitted for social workers, licensed mental health counselors, nurses, licensed alcohol and drug counselors and psychologists. Up to 6.5 CEUs will be available.
The theme of this year's event is Turning Awareness into Action: Community Tools and Resources for Suicide Prevention, featuring a keynote panel with panelists from Volunteers in Medicine (ViM) Berkshires, Berkshire Coalition for Suicide Prevention (BCSP), Berkshire Pride, 18 Degrees, Community Access to the Arts (CATA), Love of T, and NAMI Berkshire County.
Sessions throughout the day will include:
- Local, state & national trends and populations at risk
- How to access local resources – keynote panel
- Firearms & counseling on access to lethal means
- Safety planning & risk assessment
- Engaging clinical tools & resources
Early -bird price for participants earning CEUs is $70 and is available until Sept. 1. After that date, the cost for registration and CEUs is $85. Registration with no CEU credit is $20 for early bird before Sept. 1 and $35 thereafter. To register and view the full conference agenda and presenter bios, visit BIT.LY/BCSPCONFERENCE25. Registration deadline is Tuesday, Sept.30.
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