DR. JUVERIA ZAHEER- What we can learn from suicide notes. (NOT SUICIDE. NOT TODAY. pt.1)

Dr. Juveria Zaheer joins me to discuss what we can learn from suicide notes to prevent suicides.

BIO: a Clinician Scientist with the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research; Education Administrator in the Emergency Department at CAMH

Her research focuses on suicide, gender and culture, and she is the lead author of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Clinician Handbook on Suicide Prevention.

Dr. Juveria Zaheer has done extensive research and investigation on suicide notes and believes that by investigating them, “we have an opportunity to improve our understanding of the mind-set of people in the moments prior to their suicide deaths. The hope is that we can use this information to understand patterns of thinking that contribute to suicide. These patterns can be targets of treatment in those at risk.

Dr. Zaheer has also been instrumental in implementing programs that affect the performance of an organization. Nationally, she led the development of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Clinician’s Handbook for Suicide Prevention, a 72-page manual distributed to every CAF health care provider to guide a standardized approach to care for service members at risk for suicide