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Suicide Prevention Week - KS Suicide Prevention Committee

Kansas Suicide Prevention Committee

Vision:

Creating a suicide-free Kansas, where quality mental health services are available, trusted, and used when needed, without stigma.

Mission:

Kansans of diverse backgrounds improving the emotional well-being and safety of Kansans through state-wide sharing of information about suicide attempts and deaths in Kansas and about effective suicide prevention practices.

Documents:

Kansas Suicide Prevention Committee Report April 2010
March 2010 Health Statistics Report

Members:

Chair: Marcia Epstein, LMSW
Headquarters Counseling Center
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline & 1.800.SUICIDE
me@hqcc.lawrence.ks.us

Co-Chair: Bill Art, LSCSW
Johnson Co. Mental Health Center
Bill.Art@jocogov.org

Secretary/Treasurer: Stan Edlavitch, PhD, MA, FACE
UMKC School of Medicine
edlavitchs@umkc.edu

Tammy Adams, LMSW
Value Options
Tammy.Adams@valueoptions.com

Bob Chase
Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center
rchase@sekmhc.org

Jason Deselms, PhD
Robert J. Dole VA Med. Ctr.
Jason.Deselms@va.gov

Chaplain Richard Dunn
Kansas National Guard
richard.b.dunn@us.army.mil

Bill Geis, PhD
UMKC School of Medicine
billgeis@earthlink.net

Rep. Lana Gordon
Kansas 52nd District
lana.gordon@house.ks.us

Eric Harkness, MS RPh
NAMI Kansas Consumer Council
boldrph@hotmail.com

Tomas Hernandez
Rita Kay Foundation
ritakayfoundation@gmail.com

Cornelia Jeffery, LASW
SRS Program Consultant
cornelia.jeffery@srs.ks.gov

Rhonda Moreland
GMHSPC, Consumer
moreland.rhonda@yahoo.com

Christine Moser, PsyD
Children’s Mercy Hospital
cnmoser@cmh.edu

Kate Pankey, BS
Mental Health America of the Heartland
kpankey@mhah.org

Chaplain John Potter
Kansas National Guard
john.r.potter@us.army.mil

Sue Schuster, LMSW
KDOA
SueSchuster@aging.state.ks.us

Jane Stueve, RN, BSN
KDHE
jstueve@kdhe.state.ks.us

Bonnie Swade, MS
SASS– MoKan
bonnie@sass-mokan.com

Nancy Taylor, MS
Shawnee Heights Middle School
taylorn@usd450.net

Liaison: Gayle Jaffee, MSW, MPH
SPRC
gjaffe@edc.org