Registration: Preventing Deaths of Despair Training Series
Sept. – Oct. 2026 | CMEs Available | Member Discounts
Registration: Preventing Deaths of Despair Training Series
Choose individual sessions or register for the full four-part series.
This in-person training series examines how traumatic brain injury, ADHD, and pain increase risk for suicide, overdose, and alcohol-related deaths. Each session integrates clinical education, systems awareness, and lived experience, equipping providers with practical tools to better identify risk, intervene earlier, and support resilience.
✔ Individual sessions available ($35 members / $50 nonmembers)
✔ Full four-part series ($120 members / $175 nonmembers)
⭐ Best value: Membership + full series ($165)
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Session 1: Traumatic Brain Injury and Risk of Deaths of Despair | Sept. 3
Traumatic brain injury can affect emotional regulation, impulse control, cognition, and coping — increasing vulnerability to suicide, substance misuse, and overdose.
This session explores emerging understanding of TBI as a risk factor and examines opportunities for prevention, screening, and support.
Session 2: ADHD, Executive Function, and Increased Risk | Sept. 15
ADHD often extends far beyond attention challenges. Difficulties with executive functioning, impulsivity, emotional regulation, and coping may contribute to increased risk for substance use, mental health challenges, and deaths of despair.
Session 3: Pain, Coping, and Alcohol-Related Harm | Sept. 30
Chronic pain can affect every aspect of life and may influence mental health, coping strategies, substance use, and quality of life.
Session 4: When Sleep Becomes a Warning Sign | Oct. 15
Insomnia, Overdose Risk, and Suicide Prevention — Sleep challenges are increasingly recognized as important indicators of mental health risk and overall wellbeing.
