Episode 489: Benée Larsen and Heidi Peterson Dutson, Suicide Prevention

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2021

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

n this episode, Benée and Heidi share their experience to help us better understand the resources available in Utah to help those struggling with suicide ideation. In particular, they explore resources that can help faith climates develop a culture of safety, help-seeking and hope. Research shows that talking about suicide reduces stigma and risk associated with suicide ideation. QPR Training in faith settings is a great way to help others understand their role in suicide prevention, especially how to have these crucial and needed conversations in our congregations and families. Benée and Heidi and also share practical insights for all of us to help those who are considering suicide and for those who are currently experiencing suicide ideation. If you have lost a loved one to suicide, know your not alone and hear some tips on how to cope. Please listen to this podcast. I learned so much from these two remarkable women. We need to have these conversations and be unified in our efforts to better support those who are considering suicide. Resources mentioned in this podcast can be found on the following websites: NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness ttps://www.namiut.org/) NAMI Utah’s Peer Mentor Line: 801-323-9900 Monday-Friday 9 am-4 pm Live On Utah (https://liveonutah.org/) LiveOn: Finding a mental health professional Search for treatment and services at the SAMHSA Treatment directory – https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/ or https://findtreatment.gov/ Psychology Today – find a therapist, treatment, etc. Sort resources by zip code, race, ethnicity, mental or substance use need, and more. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us Suicide Prevention for Faith Leaders: (https://liveonutah.org/faith/) Utah Suicide Prevention Coalition: If you are interested in joining the Utah Suicide Prevention Coalition, which meets on the 2nd Monday every other month beginning January 10th from 1 pm-2:30 via Zoom. If interested, reach out to me via email to be added to our email list. (https://liveonutah.org/contact/) QPR Training (https://liveonutah.org/resources/trainings/), (https://www.namiut.org/our-programs/for-families-caregivers/qpr-suicide-prevention-training) Utah Prevention Coalition Association: www.utahprevention.org Grief Support: Caring Connections support groups

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0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love, hosted by Richard Osler.
0:09.4	My guests on today's podcast, two wonderful women that are in our home are my friends
0:14.8	Bonae Larson and Heidi Dustin.
0:18.3	Dutson, yes.
0:20.0	That's okay.
0:21.6	Happens all the time. Welcome to the podcast.
0:22.6	I met these two wonderful women when I was asked to speak at a faith leadership
0:28.6	summit, a prevention, suicide prevention, faith leader summit.
0:32.6	The B'nai invited me to speak at in September.
0:35.6	And I sort of kind of got a much clear understanding of the
0:40.3	wonderful work that's being done in the state of Utah in kind of a coalition basis to help
0:46.0	prevent suicide and to provide support for families who have lost someone to suicide. And I invited
0:54.0	these two women to be on the podcast
0:55.9	to share what they're doing and their insights to help bring more understanding to this
1:02.6	really important topic that affects and potentially affects all of us. Bonae Larson is the
1:09.9	prevention by design director at NAMI. NAMI stands for the National
1:14.1	Alliance of Mental Illness in Utah. And Heidi Peterson-Dutson, is that right? That's right.
1:22.2	Is the prevention administrator and the regional director for the Utah Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health.
1:30.3	And so we said a prayer and we just hope that this will be helpful for you as local leaders, as parents,
1:36.3	as those of you that are working through mental health issues, just to bring more understanding.
1:42.3	So if I do a good job, I won't talk much more and let these women share the things that
1:47.1	they've prepared.
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