
Jerry Reed, PhD, MSW
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Jerry Reed, PhD, MSW
@JerryReedPhd
Retired SVP for Practice Leadership @EDCtweets. Interests in geriatrics, mental health, suicide prevention, injury and violence prevention, and public policy.





Listen to how @judgewren created nation's 1st #mentalhealth court: "We were literally taking a court & turning it inside out and using authority of the court to leverage services for people that desperately need them." Latest #WomenToFollow show👇 youtu.be/OJipF3ojaGI

When communities work together, #SuicidePrevention is possible. Read this new article on the Colorado National Collaborative’s work to reduce suicide in the latest issue of Preventive Medicine: authors.elsevier.com/a/1dlhlKt2p%7E… @JerryReedPhd @QuinlanKristen






To save the lives of those responsible for saving our lives, we must create spaces for police officers to talk openly about #suicide. In @washingtonpost EDC’s @GoldsteiGrumetJ & @PhdMhs discuss how to address the suicide crisis facing police officers: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…







"When you look at #suicide as a public health problem, you can see a role for everyone in the community." Read more as @Action_Alliance EXCOM member @JerryReedPhd and Kristen Quinlan of @EDCtweets discuss Colorado's approach to #SuicidePrevention: go.edc.org/frlc

"When you look at #suicide as a #PublicHealth problem, you can see a role for everyone in the community," says @JerryReedPhd Read "Building a New Model for #SuicidePrevention" go.edc.org/bjvu @ZSInstitute @Action_Alliance @QuinlanKristen @CDPHE

“We shouldn’t look at this as a military or veteran problem. This is an American problem, and our solution has to be national,” said @Action_Alliance EXCOM member @JerryReedPhd of @EDCtweets in this @WeAreSinclair news story. More via: abc6onyourside.com/news/nation-wo… #suicideprevention

Welcome to EDC, Lauren D.Klein! Klein joins as director of communication and will focus on building new outreach programs, campaigns, and partnerships that expand EDC’s impact across the globe. go.edc.org/xy92

Talking Judges as Champions for Suicide Prevention #BHC2021 #LIVEUNITED @UnitedWayBC @cmoutierMD @KevinMLynch1 @JerryReedPhd @AnnemarieMatul1 @cmoutierMD @1of2vics @sspencerthomas @MDSantopietro




"As I look back on my life, I realize that every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better." ~Steve Maraboli

