The mission of the Center for Suicide Prevention and Recovery (CSPAR) is to promote the recovery of individuals experiencing suicidal thoughts and behavior and the effectiveness and resilience of the clinical staff and families who care for them through:
We seek a deep understanding of the cultures and settings in which we work that lead to meaningful, pragmatic interventions that are ready for implementation.
Seeking a deep understanding of the cultures and settings in which we work is central to the CSPAR mission; success leads to meaningful, pragmatic interventions that are ready for implementation.
Our goal is to ensure equity and inclusion in all areas of our research — selection of researchers, students, staff, and study participants, partnering with the populations we study, the research questions we ask and the methods we use to find the answers. We also do our best to design and conduct our training programs to be useful, helpful, and meaningful to diverse audiences.
While many of the CSPAR training programs are free, all our fee-based programs offer scholarships with priority given to those often under-represented at our trainings. Examples include:
Send inquiries to [email protected] if scholarship information is not provided on a registration page.
Here are some highlights of our diversity focused work in action:
The Center for Suicide Prevention and Recovery (CSPAR) is one of the Centers, Initiatives, and Labs within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UW Medicine. CSPAR staff and research initiatives are fully funded by specific grants and donations from individuals, families, and trusts, including gifts that honor those lost to suicide.
While CSPAR focuses primarily in healthcare settings, the department also supports and collaborates with Forefront Suicide Prevention, a Center of Excellence at University of Washington that advocates for systemic change and sustainable action to prevent suicide on college campuses and throughout the fabric of human life. CSPAR also supports and shares resources with the AIMS Center (Advancing Integrated Mental Health Solutions) within the Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Division of Population Health at UW to improve behavioral healthcare in primary care.
Consider donating if you would like to help us to expand upon the research CSPAR is working on and hopes to work on in the near future.
The Center for Suicide Prevention and Recovery (CSPAR) is a part of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington.