Sally Spencer-Thomas

Discrimination and historical trauma have shaped the mental health of our BIPOC and AAPI communities and the treatment they receive. How can we do better?

"Why?" We never get to ask the person who died. We can only infer from notes left behind, snippets of last conversations and changes in behavior.

As the second-largest railroad company in the U.S., they took the bold leadership move to take the pledge to make suicide prevention a health and safety priority.

The litmus test for talking about suicide is to substitute the word "cancer" for the word "suicide" to see if the sentence still makes sense or if it has a negative connotation.

Leaders can take bold and visible positions declaring suicide prevention and mental health promotion critical community concerns.

While grief is common and normal, there is no “normal” amount of time to experience it.

There will soon be a three-digit hotline for mental health emergencies -- 988 -- that will greatly simplify and improve assistance.

Here are 10 steps that employers can take to show they care and to give people a pathway through the stresses that the pandemic is creating.

Understanding suicide through a public health framework offers many new solutions.

Here are case studies to demonstrate good and bad "postvention"--psychological first aid after a suicide that affects a workplace.

Here are the questions to ask to ensure that your employee assistance program provides robust help for employees' mental health.

When someone discloses thoughts of suicide, it can be scary, but it can also be a gift. Here are four things to say that could save the person's life.

Here are some of the most popular, best-researched and most innovative apps that prevent suicides and promote mental health.

A job and career tailored for veterans and their individual skills and abilities allows them every chance for a thriving post-military life.

New research suggests that we might be able to begin using social media to predict suicidal behavior. We need to try.

Promising campaigns model hope, inspire, practice safe messaging and call us to action. They are “baked in” to a company’s culture.

Health leaders are calling for targeting services at males through innovative approaches.

Emotional and mental health issues should not be treated exclusively as a performance matter, but typically are.

About 6% experience severe Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and as many as 20% may experience a milder form of the disorder.

... the focus goes beyond preventing physical issues and includes supporting employees' emotional well-being.

The construction industry has moved from not thinking about suicide prevention to being a leader in the effort.

When it comes to mental health in the workplace, the words used to describe the conditions matter a great deal.

When talking about suicide, test language by substituting the word “cancer” for the word “suicide.”

Terms like "successful suicide" are common, but they create the wrong climate for addressing mental health.

During National Suicide Prevention Week, executives can take bold positions declaring mental health a critical workplace concern.

“The first step in prevention is creating an environment where people can talk about [mental health and suicide], including the workplace."

. . . and Stand Up to suicide. Every suicide death is preventable; not another person should die in desperation and alone.

Here are six things that employers can consider doing during Men's Health Week to tackle a compelling problem.