On a recent podcast, Thriving Mind CEO John W. Newcomer, M.D., joined Susan Racher, Thriving Mind board secretary and NAMI Miami-Dade President; and Reverend Lisa LeSueur, pastor at Coral Gables Congregational Church and Program Coordinator for NAMI Miami’s Suicide Prevention Program, to discuss a life and death epidemic and often taboo topic: suicide.
They discussed what you need to know about suicide and how to potentially prevent a suicide of your loved one, friend, employee, student.
They also discussed Miami’s first Suicide Prevention Conference hosted by NAMI Miami-Dade and supported by Thriving Mind and the Florida Department of Children and Families. This free conference is March 4 at University of Miami Alumni Center, Coral Gables Campus. Register at www.namimiami.org.
Newcomer is President and CEO of Thriving Mind, a large non-profit part of Florida’s safety net services for mental health and substance use treatment for the uninsured and underinsured. The Rev. Lisa LeSueur, pastor at Coral Gables Congregational Church, is Program Coordinator for NAMI Miami-Dade’s Suicide Prevention Program.
To see the Facebook Live: go to https://fb.watch/iS8wzhmVlD/
To view on Community Newspapers’ website: go to https://communitynewspapers.com/videos-2/nami-miami-host-susan-racher-talks-with-reverend-lisa-lesueur-and-john-newcomer/