The ASAP Center is an affiliate site and partner with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN). We promote treatments that reduce the risk of serious health and behavioral health problems in youth. Learn more about these approaches below.
New PCORI Virtual Congressional Briefing on Suicide Prevention in Youth and Young Adults
Dr. Joan Asarnow joins a team organized by the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to brief the U.S. Congress on youth suicide prevention and PCORI’s Youth Suicide Prevention Initiative. An expert panel discusses the current state of suicide prevention and highlights of PCORI-funded research on the topic that can help inform public policy strategies to prevent suicide. The briefing focuses on suicide in youth and young adults, which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.