The Safer Homes Collaborative, a joint effort between firearm and suicide prevention advocates has created the free training, Conversations for Suicide Safer Homes (CSSH), to teach community members how to have a conversation about access to lethal means with someone who is suicidal. Safely, responsibly, and legally storing firearms, medications, poisons, or anything else used in a suicide attempt is an effective intervention to prevent someone in crisis from dying by suicide.
Putting time and distance between a person going through a crisis and the most deadly and easily accessible means could save a life.
The Safer Homes Collaborative offers free, virtual CSSH trainings every month on the second Tuesday at 12 pm and the fourth Tuesday at 6 pm. Mental Health Awareness Month is the perfect time to complete a training. You can register online at saferhomescollaborative.org/
You can learn more about the Safer Homes Collaborative at https://www.
Call, text, or chat 988 for mental health support or during a suicidal crisis.
For more info:
- Missouri Institute of Mental Health
- Safer Homes Collaborative
- St. Louis Regional Suicide Prevention Coalition
