Understanding Suicide Among People with Developmental Disabilities

In this webinar Dr. Allison Crawford, Chief Medical Officer of Canada's national suicide prevention service (the 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline), joins Dr. Yona Lunsky of the Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre to discuss suicide, ways to prevent suicide, and how to build strengths among people with developmental disabilities and their families and caregivers.
About the presenter:
Dr. Allison Crawford, MD, PhD is the Chief Medical Officer for 9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline (www.988.ca), the national suicide prevention service launched on November 30, 2023. Allison is a psychiatrist and researcher at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, where she is also Medical Director of Virtual Mental Health and Psychiatry Outreach, and Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.