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Institute of Rural Health’s Kirkwood and Story Assist with Dept of Health and Welfare Training Vide
Idaho State University-Boise’s Ann Kirkwood and Chandra Story helped the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare with production of a 30-minute training video. The video depicts strategies to help law enforcement and emergency first-responders resolve crises involving youth with mental-health disorders. Kirkwood, a senior research associate in the Institute of Rural Health and expert on teen mental-health issues, served as script consultant. Story, grant coordinator for Institute’s Idaho Youth Suicide Prevention Project, volunteered as an actor. The video contains four scenarios involving youth suicide attempts, substance abuse and mental illness, and techniques to resolve them safely.