Event Tackles Issues of Suicide, Healing
Sam and Lois Bloom, featured in Southern California Living on Wednesday (“When a Loved One Chooses Death”), are organizing the annual Healing After Suicide Conference that’s taking place on Saturday.
The meeting follows the 33rd annual conference of the American Assn. of Suicidology, held this week at the Regal Biltmore Hotel in downtown L.A.
Speakers at the event will include Mariette Hartley and Art Linkletter; workshops will include “The Whys of Suicide” and “Suicide and Religion.”
The event is public, with registration at the door. Information is available from Amy Kulp at the Biltmore, (213) 624-1011 or at https://www.suicidology.org. The association can be reached at (202) 237-2280.
Also, U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher, who has made suicide prevention a national health priority, will speak April 28 at the Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center’s annual “Erasing the Stigma” award luncheon at the Regent Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills. Information: (310) 855-9233.
Information on suicide and related issues is available from:
Suicide Prevention Center Crisis Line: toll-free within L.A. County, (877) 7-CRISIS; outside L.A. County, (310) 391-1253.
Teen Line Hotline: (310) 855-4673.
Survivors After Suicide (bereavement support): (310) 751-5382.
Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network-USA: (888) 649-1366.
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: (212) 363-3500.