From Lemons to Lemonade Stands

In this brief video, Dr. DeQuincy Lezine, our Lived Experience Academy Director, discusses self-disclosure, stigma and discrimination, and transforming lived experience into lived expertise to help others who have been suicidal. This was filmed by David Covington in 2013.

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The Way Forward – Peer Support

The Way Forward: Pathways to hope, recovery, and wellness with insights from lived experience is a resource developed by the Suicide Attempt Survivors Task Force of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention that provides recommendations for suicide prevention activities that blend evidence-based practices and perspectives informed by lived experience. Here are the recommendations related to […]

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Suicide Prevention: Attempt Survivor Perspective

In this clip from a 2010 interview at the Missouri State Suicide Prevention Conference, Dr. DeQuincy Lezine described an attempt survivor perspective on suicide prevention:

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Suicide Loss Survivors and Personal Grief Coaching with Franklin Cook

Franklin Cook talks about compassionate responses after a suicide loss, and also covers questions about why someone died by suicide as a special circumstance with suicide loss. He also talks about the importance of peer supports and being a personal grief coach.

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Promoting peer staff for crisis respite and residential services

AAS Conference, April 29th 2017, 1:30 PM Authors: Covington, Scarpati

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