Monday, April 7, 2025
4/7/2025
UWF SOS(SUICIDE OUTREACH AND SUPPORT) - The University of West Florida (UWF) is an accredited, regional, comprehensive, public university serving nearly 12,000 students in the Northwest Florida region. UWF has proposed Suicide Outreach and Support (SOS), an integrated, coordinated, multi-level program that includes universal prevention strategies aimed at the general campus population, targeting male and female students of all racial and ethnic backgrounds and ages. Special emphasis will be placed on reaching gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (GLBTQ) students and militaryaffiliated students, including active duty servicepersons, veterans, and military spouses and dependents. SOS is anticipated to provide an effective mechanism for early identification of students in trouble and effective response to their needs. Since 2008, UWF has experienced the suicides of eight students, creating a rapid awareness of the need for effective suicide prevention programming on our campus. Like most other campuses, UWF students report high levels of mental disorder and psychological distress. UWF is fortunate to have high-quality, integrated and coordinated mental health services, including 24-hour emergency services, available free of charge to students who present for treatment. Unfortunately, many individuals in acute crisis are not connected to mental health services, as highlighted by the completed suicides on our campus, none of which was connected to campus mental health care at the time of the suicide. Universal prevention strategies aimed at the campus at large and selective prevention strategies aimed at specific higher-risk groups are needed to reach the goal of building a solid foundation to deliver and sustain suicide prevention strategies to decrease suicide attempts and completed suicides among UWF students, with a special emphasis on GLBTQ and military affiliated students.
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