Julie Cerel, PhD
@juliecerel.bsky.social
Suicidologist and clinical psychologist at University of Kentucky College of Social Work
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New Research from the #JHCenterForSuicidePrevention and @jhu-cgvs.bsky.social
New findings from our Center: Research led by Alison Athey: Child Access Protection Laws, which mandate that guns be stored safely if there is a kid in the house, found to lower suicide rates by up to 14%! Most effective when requiring separate ammo/gun storage. publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-g...
Findings Show Child Access Prevention (CAP) Firearm Storage Policies Reduce Youth Gun Suicide Rates | Center for Gun Violence Solutions
A new study found that the presence of child access prevention (CAP) firearm storage policies was associated with reductions in youth gun suicide rates.
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January 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
New Research from the #JHCenterForSuicidePrevention and @jhu-cgvs.bsky.social
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As the courts debate Trump's directive to gut NIH indirect funding, friends have asked me what indirect funding means. See my new OpEd here: hub.jhu.edu/2025/02/17/p...
NIH funding is a matter of life or death
Johns Hopkins psychiatrist Paul Nestadt says cutting NIH funding for suicide prevention research is 'not just a fiscal decision—it's a threat to human lives'
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February 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
As the courts debate Trump's directive to gut NIH indirect funding, friends have asked me what indirect funding means. See my new OpEd here: hub.jhu.edu/2025/02/17/p...
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Seems like a good time to offer some tips on how to talk to someone who's lost a loved one to suicide.
talkawaythedark.afsp.org/suicidelosss...
talkawaythedark.afsp.org/suicidelosss...
How to Talk to a Suicide Loss Survivor: A #RealConvo | AFSP
Talking to those who have lost a loved one to suicide can be challenging. Below are tips to help have conversations with suicide loss survivors in a kind way.
talkawaythedark.afsp.org
January 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Seems like a good time to offer some tips on how to talk to someone who's lost a loved one to suicide.
talkawaythedark.afsp.org/suicidelosss...
talkawaythedark.afsp.org/suicidelosss...
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This book is terrible and I’m glad some momentum is forming against it www.motherjones.com/media/2024/1...
What the most famous book about trauma gets wrong
People kept telling me to read "The Body Keeps the Score." I was shocked at what it actually says.
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December 22, 2024 at 5:11 PM
This book is terrible and I’m glad some momentum is forming against it www.motherjones.com/media/2024/1...
Universal safety planning for suicide prevention! Our first code red manuscript was finally published. www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/21...
Universal Safety Planning for Suicide Prevention: CODE RED Initial Feasibility and Acceptability
Suicide rates have increased in the US over the last decades. Schools often deliver suicide prevention trainings and there is growing evidence that these trainings in schools are effective. The curren...
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December 21, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Universal safety planning for suicide prevention! Our first code red manuscript was finally published. www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/21...
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December 17, 2024 at 12:48 AM
“When a suicide happens in a school, for example, every kid in that school knows the child that has taken their life, and there’s some degree of impact,”
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Two Tragic Years at L.A.’s Most Elite Private School
At Harvard-Westlake, four students, two alumni and one parent have taken their own lives. The community grapples and grieves as it tries to prevent it from happening again.
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December 16, 2024 at 8:02 PM
“When a suicide happens in a school, for example, every kid in that school knows the child that has taken their life, and there’s some degree of impact,”
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Congrats to my good friend, @jbsinger.bsky.social, for getting quoted earlier this week in the @nytimes.com! Jonathan is one of the world's foremost suicidologists.
Spying on Student Devices, Schools Aim to Intercept Self-Harm Before It Happens
New technology alerts schools when students type words related to suicide. But do the timely interventions balance out the false alarms?
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Congrats to my good friend, @jbsinger.bsky.social, for getting quoted earlier this week in the @nytimes.com! Jonathan is one of the world's foremost suicidologists.
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If you work with youth, Pamela Morris-Perez's Annual Review article making the argument for a developmental approach to youth suicide is a must read. No firewall. Please share with your networks of teachers & administrators, mental health professionals, etc. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
December 14, 2024 at 6:22 PM
If you work with youth, Pamela Morris-Perez's Annual Review article making the argument for a developmental approach to youth suicide is a must read. No firewall. Please share with your networks of teachers & administrators, mental health professionals, etc. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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This is an absolutely fascinating read for anyone interested or advocating for CYP mental health.
Suicide consistently remains one of the top 3 killers of children and young people aged 5-18 alongside cars and cancer.
Let that sink in.
Then read this.
#KidsMH @cypmentalhealth.bsky.social
Suicide consistently remains one of the top 3 killers of children and young people aged 5-18 alongside cars and cancer.
Let that sink in.
Then read this.
#KidsMH @cypmentalhealth.bsky.social
If you work with youth, Pamela Morris-Perez's Annual Review article making the argument for a developmental approach to youth suicide is a must read. No firewall. Please share with your networks of teachers & administrators, mental health professionals, etc. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
December 14, 2024 at 10:38 PM
This is an absolutely fascinating read for anyone interested or advocating for CYP mental health.
Suicide consistently remains one of the top 3 killers of children and young people aged 5-18 alongside cars and cancer.
Let that sink in.
Then read this.
#KidsMH @cypmentalhealth.bsky.social
Suicide consistently remains one of the top 3 killers of children and young people aged 5-18 alongside cars and cancer.
Let that sink in.
Then read this.
#KidsMH @cypmentalhealth.bsky.social
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Check out our latest podcast episode
🎙️ Tune into the latest episode of our Reach In, Reach Out podcast to hear from our host, Professor Rory O'Connor, joined by guests Professor Keith Hawton CBE and Professor Michael Eddleston as they discuss the restriction of access to means for suicide prevention.
Listen: bit.ly/49nxh0A
Listen: bit.ly/49nxh0A
December 5, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Check out our latest podcast episode
This could have been me. I think I have always been this way but maybe not…
My RA today at our lab meeting, "We all need to pretend like Cindy has absolute amnesia for everything and when you meet with her, remind her what you talked about previously bc she won't remember."
My god, I have become my postdoc mentor.
My god, I have become my postdoc mentor.
a woman sitting at a table with the words what 's the matter with us below her
ALT: a woman sitting at a table with the words what 's the matter with us below her
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December 4, 2024 at 11:55 PM
This could have been me. I think I have always been this way but maybe not…
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From the folks who bring you the international Suicide Research Symposium, here's the first installment of a new researcher spotlight! The first to be spotlighted is Dr. Lauren Khazem (suicide risk in disability and military/veteran populations). www.suicideresearchsymposium.com/researcher-s...
SRS 2025 - Researcher Spotlight
December, 2024 Dr. Lauren Khazem is a Research Assistant Professor and clinical psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. ...
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December 4, 2024 at 3:52 AM
From the folks who bring you the international Suicide Research Symposium, here's the first installment of a new researcher spotlight! The first to be spotlighted is Dr. Lauren Khazem (suicide risk in disability and military/veteran populations). www.suicideresearchsymposium.com/researcher-s...
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I spoke with @sfreedenthal.bsky.social about her book, "Loving Someone With Suicidal Thoughts" for Episode 132. As always, Stacey brings deep insight and no BS to her work. We talk about creating support teams, feeling manipulated, and more. With transcript. #SuicidePrevention
Loving someone with suicidal thoughts: Interview with Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, LCSW
Today's episode of the Social Work Podcast is an interview with Stacey Freedenthal, Ph.D., LCSW about her book Loving Someone with Suicidal Thoughts
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December 4, 2024 at 8:23 PM
I spoke with @sfreedenthal.bsky.social about her book, "Loving Someone With Suicidal Thoughts" for Episode 132. As always, Stacey brings deep insight and no BS to her work. We talk about creating support teams, feeling manipulated, and more. With transcript. #SuicidePrevention
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@988lifeline.bsky.social is your portal to 200+ local Suicide & Crisis Lifelines in the USA answering your calls, chats and texts. I spoke with 988 Chief officer, Tia Dole about services for Deaf & hard of hearing, in Spanish, and geo-routing. socialworkpodcast.blogspot.com/2024/09/988....
An Update of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Interview with Tia Dole, PhD
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December 2, 2024 at 7:29 PM
@988lifeline.bsky.social is your portal to 200+ local Suicide & Crisis Lifelines in the USA answering your calls, chats and texts. I spoke with 988 Chief officer, Tia Dole about services for Deaf & hard of hearing, in Spanish, and geo-routing. socialworkpodcast.blogspot.com/2024/09/988....
Super proud of being a part of Martina’s mentoring team with her primary mentor @shannonsauerzavala.bsky.social www.nationalregister.org/fruhbauerova... i
Martina Fruhbauerova Named 2024 Morgan T. Sammons Doctoral Student Award Winner - National Register
The National Register honors students with a $5,000 stipend to further the development of a clinically oriented research project.
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December 3, 2024 at 12:43 AM
Super proud of being a part of Martina’s mentoring team with her primary mentor @shannonsauerzavala.bsky.social www.nationalregister.org/fruhbauerova... i
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My student, Martina Fruhbauerova won the Morgan T. Sammons Doctoral Student Award for her project examining a mechanism-focused (hopelessness, perceived burdensomeness, and thwarted belongingness), single-session intervention for suicidal thoughts/behaviors!
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Martina Fruhbauerova Named 2024 Morgan T. Sammons Doctoral Student Award Winner - National Register
The National Register honors students with a $5,000 stipend to further the development of a clinically oriented research project.
www.nationalregister.org
December 2, 2024 at 9:14 PM
My student, Martina Fruhbauerova won the Morgan T. Sammons Doctoral Student Award for her project examining a mechanism-focused (hopelessness, perceived burdensomeness, and thwarted belongingness), single-session intervention for suicidal thoughts/behaviors!
www.nationalregister.org/fruhbauerova...
www.nationalregister.org/fruhbauerova...
Here’s an oldie but goodie from AFSP of me talking about how many people are impacted by each suicide #not6 vimeo.com/290678962
Cerel - #Not6
This is "Cerel - #Not6" by AFSP on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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November 26, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Here’s an oldie but goodie from AFSP of me talking about how many people are impacted by each suicide #not6 vimeo.com/290678962
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Two past presidents of the American Association of Suicidology hanging at @iaspinfo.bsky.social #IASPMinneapolis2024. Julie is doing amazing work in postvention.
November 22, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Two past presidents of the American Association of Suicidology hanging at @iaspinfo.bsky.social #IASPMinneapolis2024. Julie is doing amazing work in postvention.
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When assessing for suicide risk, try asking "What's the closest you've come to suicide?" rather than "Have you ever made a suicide attempt?". You'll get a deeper, more nuanced response.
#iaspMinneapolis2024 #ZeroSuicide
#iaspMinneapolis2024 #ZeroSuicide
November 21, 2024 at 10:03 PM
When assessing for suicide risk, try asking "What's the closest you've come to suicide?" rather than "Have you ever made a suicide attempt?". You'll get a deeper, more nuanced response.
#iaspMinneapolis2024 #ZeroSuicide
#iaspMinneapolis2024 #ZeroSuicide
Sunset. Day 2 of
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November 21, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Sunset. Day 2 of
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Dr. Deb Stone talking about the 2024 Natural Strategy for Suicide Prevention's Federal Action Plan. Over 200 federal agencies submitted suicide prevention activities they engage in. www.hhs.gov/sites/defaul...
#IASPMinneapolis2024
#IASPMinneapolis2024
November 20, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Dr. Deb Stone talking about the 2024 Natural Strategy for Suicide Prevention's Federal Action Plan. Over 200 federal agencies submitted suicide prevention activities they engage in. www.hhs.gov/sites/defaul...
#IASPMinneapolis2024
#IASPMinneapolis2024
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It is always an honor and pleasure to see social work and #SuicidePrevention legend, Jerry Reed. I don't think I've ever had a conversation with Jerry that wasn't authentic, inspiring and on point. That's a gift.
#IASPMinneapolis2024
#IASPMinneapolis2024
November 21, 2024 at 12:54 AM
It is always an honor and pleasure to see social work and #SuicidePrevention legend, Jerry Reed. I don't think I've ever had a conversation with Jerry that wasn't authentic, inspiring and on point. That's a gift.
#IASPMinneapolis2024
#IASPMinneapolis2024