Annual Services for Teens at Risk (STAR) Suicide Prevention Virtual Conference

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May 5, 2023, 8:30 am – 3:30 pm

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Annual Services for Teens at Risk (STAR) Conference

Shelley L. Craig, PhD, LCSW Professor and Canada Research Chair of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth, University of Toronto

Mary Margaret Kerr, EdD Professor of Health and Human Development, University of Pittsburgh

Registration is now open! Mark your calendars for May 5, 2023 and join us for the Annual Services for Teens at Risk (STAR) Suicide Prevention Virtual Conference. The theme for this year's conference is "Promoting Safe and Supportive Environments for All Youth."

This year's program includes key note addresses by Dr. Shelley Craig, Professor and Canada Research Chair of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth at the University of Toronto, and Mary Margaret Kerr, EdD, Professor of Health and Human Development at the University of Pittsburgh.

STAR-Center is a suicide prevention program for teens and young children within the UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Department of Psychiatry. From its inception in 1986, the program has been primarily funded through an appropriation from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the University of Pittsburgh. STAR-Center is a program that combines clinical and outreach services designed to combat the problem of child and adolescent suicide. We provide outpatient assessment and treatment for depressed and anxious children and teens. We also offer acute treatment to depressed and suicidal teens via our Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP).

Our annual conferences strive to disseminate what we have learned about best-practice clinical care into practical guidelines for educational and community settings. STAR Center is devoted to providing training opportunities for students and psychiatric residents as well as contributing to the future development of research designed to study the pressing issues related to child and adolescent suicide.

Program Schedule: Details regarding the day's activities are available here.

Tuition: Tuition includes all registration and conference materials and continuing education credits with the first two categories:

Non-UPMC ($40)
UPMC/University of Pittsburgh ($20 with a UPMC or Pitt e-mail address)
Students (no CE credits) ($20 - Select non-UPMC attribute/Use code STAR2023-Student when registering)

Registration (Deadline: May 3, 2023): Please click here to register.

For More Information: Please contact Nancy Mundy at mundynl@upmc.edu.