The Roundtable

Suicide Prevention Month in New York State

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Every year families and friends across America lose loved ones to suicide. New York State, like the nation, has witnessed a steady rise in suicide over the last decade.

September is Suicide Prevention Month so we wanted to discuss this enormous public health problem and learn how New York State’s Office of Mental Health is responding.

Dr. Jay Carruthers is Director of the Suicide Prevention Center of New York At New York State Office of Mental Health and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Albany Medical Center.

For immediate assistance text or call 988 - the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

Questions about any of the programs mentioned by Dr. Carruthers - or about resources for suicide prevention in your community - can be sent via email to: spcny@omh.ny.gov.

Sarah LaDuke

Sarah has been a public radio producer for over fifteen years. She grew up in Saranac Lake, New York where she worked part-time at Pendragon Theatre all through high school and college. She graduated from UAlbany in 2006 with a BA in English and started at WAMC a few weeks later as a part-time board-op in the control room. Through a series of offered and seized opportunities she is now the Senior Contributing Producer of The Roundtable and Producer of The Book Show. During the main thrust of the Covid-19 pandemic shut-down, Sarah hosted a live Instagram interview program "A Face for Radio Video Series." On it, Sarah spoke with actors, musicians, comedians, and artists about the creative activities they were accomplishing and/or missing.

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