Public lecture, workshop series aims to rethink suicide prevention

UM News Service

MISSOULA — Despite focused efforts in suicide prevention the past two decades, the number of suicides in the United States has increased by more than 60 percent over the past 17 years.

In the coming months, a University of Montana professor with more than 30 years of suicide prevention experience will offer a novel approach to understanding suicide through public lectures and professional training across the state. The first two events will be held Thursday and Friday, May 16-17, in Bozeman.

John Sommers-Flanagan, Psy.D., a UM professor in the Department of Counselor Ed...