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West Virginia Violence and Injury Prevention Program, Office of Maternal, Child and Family
Health, Bureau For Public Health are extremely proud to announce the
5th Bi-Annual Suicide Prevention Conference “Drugs, Alcohol, and Suicide Across the Life Span”
March 28 - 29, 2012
Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, WV
Our featured speaker will be Dr. Thomas Joiner.
THOMAS JOINER went to college at Princeton, and received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the
University of Texas at Austin. He is Distinguished Research Professor and The Bright-Burton
Professor in the Department of Psychology at Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. Dr.
Joiner's work is on the psychology, neurobiology, and treatment of suicidal behavior and related
conditions. Author of over 395 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Joiner was awarded the Guggenheim
Fellowship and the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Residency Fellowship. He was elected Fellow of
the American Psychological Association, and received the Young Investigator Award from the National
Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, the Shakow Award for Early Career
Achievement from the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association, the
Shneidman Award for excellence in suicide research from the American Association of Suicidology,
and the Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions from the American
Psychological Association, as well as research grants from the National Institute of Mental Health,
the Department of Defense, and various foundations.
Dr. Joiner is editor of the American Psychological Association's Clinician's Research Digest,
editor of the Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology, and Editor-in- Chief of the journal Suicide
& Life-Threatening Behavior, and he has authored or edited fifteen books, including Why People Die
By Suicide and Myths About Suicide, Largely in connection with Why People Die By Suicide, he has
made numerous radio, print, and television appearances, including write-ups in The Wall Street
Journal and The Times of London, and two appearances on the Dr. Phil Show.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2012
7:15am – 8:15am Check In and Refreshments
8:15am – 9:15am Welcome/Opening Addresses
9:15am – 9:30am Break
9:30am – 12:00pm Presentation by Dr. Thomas Joiner
12:00pm – 1:30 pm Lunch on your own
1:30pm – 3:00pm Dr. Thomas Joiner Continued
3:00pm – 3:15pm Break
3:15pm – 4:45pm Panel of Recovering Addictions People Discussing Their Suicidal Ideations
THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2012
8:00 am – 8:30 am Check In and Refreshments
8:30 am – 8:40 am Welcome
Barri Faucett, Director of ASPEN Program
8:45 am – 4:30 pm Workshops (TBA)
*Agenda is subject to change
Continuing Education Units will be applied to for Social Work, LPC, CAC, Nursing, and Psychology.
For questions or to register beginning January 30, 2012 please contact:
Ms. Lora Humphrey
304-296-1731 ext 4269 or
lhumphrey@valleyhealthcare.org
The fee for the conference is $40.
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